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foam dressing Wound care A highly absorbent dressing, which allows less frequent changing of dressings and ↓ maceration of surrounding tissues Indications Heavily exudating wounds, especially after debridement or desloughing, when
drainage peaks; deep cavity wounds; weeping ulcers. See Dressing. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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ALLEVYN Ag from Smith & Nephew Wound Management is a silver hydrocellular foam dressing designed to simplify the use of silver in wound care by providing controlled silver release at bacterial levels throughout its seven-day wear time. A waterproof adhesive Foam dressing, DermaLevin absorbs four times more than hydrocolloids, conforms easily to awkward areas, maintains a moist wound environment and aides in preventing bacterial contamination. Polyurethane foam dressings also are used to absorb blood and other fluids from a wound. |
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