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BSN Calcium Alginate Dressing Cutimed® 4 X 4 Inch Square, 10/Box
BSN Calcium Alginate Dressing Cutimed® 4 X 4 Inch Square, 10/Box
$41.95
- MFR:
- 72634-01
- Medex SKU:
- BSN-72634-01
- Packing Info:
- 10/bx
- Usually Ships:
- 1 - 2 Business Days
- Freight Quote Button:
- False
Description
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- Maintains a moist environment
- Fast gelling
- Highly absorbent
- Retains the exudate in a gel
- Excellent wet integrity
- Moderate to heavily exuding wounds; shallow and deep wounds
- Chronic wounds such as venous ulcer, pressure ulcer, arterial ulcer, diabetic ulcer
- Acute wounds such as skin donor sites, abrasions and lacerations, superficial and partial thickness burns
- Easily cut to size customisable application
- Highly flexible fibres conform to every wound base
- Excellent wet integrity easily removed intact
- The exchange of calcium ions within the dressing with sodium ions, which are present in the exudate, transforms the alginate into a moist gel
- Facilitates moist wound healing by maintaining a moist environment
- Has haemostatic properties due to calcium ion release from the alginate dressing in contact with body fluids
- Reduces risk of maceration only one layer of exudate is maintained at the wound surface but excess exudate is absorbed
- Helps to clean the wound bacteria are trapped in the gel formed by the exudate absorbed and are then removed during dressing change