Medline Optifoam Thin Adhesive Foam Dressing

Optifoam Thin Adhesive Foam Dressing Features

• Acts like a bacterial barrier
• Self-adhesive, no need for a secondary dressing
• Light, non-bulky and flexible for increased patient comfort
• Cushioned foam pad protects during the healing process
• Permeable to water vapor and oxygen
• Waterproof, allows the patient to shower
• Gentle and durable adherent layer Absorbent
• Highly conformable and flexible foam 
• Easy to cut 
• Waterproof backing helps protect and helps keep external debris out

What are the benefits of Optifoam self-adherent dressing?

• The low-profile and conformable foam can be used to protect the skin against abrasion from medical devices such as tubing and braces 
• The ability to cut allows Optifoam Thin to be used on irregularly shaped wounds found on digits, extremities and hard-to-reach areas 
• The durability of the adherent layer can help provide anchoring to tubes and dressings

What to buy with Medline Foam Dressing?

• Covidien Curity AMD Antimicrobial Gauze Sponges
• Medline Skintegrity Wound Cleanser

When to Use Optifoam Foam Dressing

• Skin tears
• Abrasions
• Superficial pressure ulcers

When to change Optifoam dressing?

• Up to 7 days, dependent on patient condition and the level of drainage. 
• Initially, it may be necessary to change the dressing every 24 hours or whenever good wound practice dictates the dressing should be changed