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| PRODUCT (GENERIC GROUPS IDENTIFIED IN RED) | DRESSING AIM |
Alginate dressings | |
Low exudate Sorbsan (primary dressing) | • Pressure, venous stasis, diabetic or arterial ulcers; donor sites and other bleeding surface wounds; dermal lesions, trauma injuries or incisions |
Medium exudate Aquacel (primary dressing) | • Exuding lesions including leg ulcers, pressure areas, donor sites and most other granulating wounds |
High exudate Sorbsan Plus (primary/secondary dressing) | • Added secondary absorbent layer allowing for greater absorption capacity • For flat/shallow wounds or as a secondary dressing over wounds dressed with Sorbsan Flat, Ribbon or Packing • Moderate to heavy exudate levels |
Packing Sorbsan Ribbon (primary dressing) Aquacel Ribbon (primary dressing) | • Flat, shallow, cavity or sinus wounds, moderate to heavy exudate levels • For exudating cavity wounds, such as pressure ulcers • Deep wounds, e.g. leg ulcers • Management of wounds that are prone to bleeding, e.g. trauma wounds |
Hydrocolloid dressings (primary dressings) | |
Low exudate Hydrocoll thin | • Light to moderately exuding wounds • For use during epithelialisation |
Medium exudate Hydrocoll border | • Moderately exuding wounds, second-degree burns, covering donor sites, abrasions, leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, treatment of chronic, slow-healing wounds where the granulation process is not progressing satisfactorily |
Duoderm signal (primary/secondary dressing) | • Use on dermal ulcers including full thickness wounds, pressure ulcers Grades 2, 3, 4, leg ulcers, superficial wounds, partial thickness burns and donor sites |
Hydrogel | |
Purilon (primary dressing) | • Fast and effective debridement, absorption of debris and excess exudate |
Aquaform (primary dressing) | • Debridement, dry, sloughy and necrotic wounds |
Actiform Cool (primary dressing) | • Painful wounds, leg ulcers, fast and active debridement, sloughy and necrotic tissue |
Foam | |
Adhesive Biatain silicone (primary/secondary) | • Biatain silicone foam dressings are indicated for a wide range of exuding wounds including leg ulcers, pressure ulc... |
