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Heavy Exudate Wound Dressing. Waterproof 4x4 foam dressing Heavy Exudate. Apply a dressing that assists Autolytic Debridement Hydrogel Dressing Mild to moderate exudate may be used in infected wounds Hydrocolloid Dressing Moderate Exudate - avoid in infected wounds Alginate Dressing Moderate to Heavy Exudate may be used in infected wounds. If managed appropriately wound exudate should begin to decrease as healing progresses. The high fluid handling capacity of the dressing does not only allow to remove an excess exudate from the wound bed but also to keep a moist environment accelerating the healing process by.
Front and back of Waterproof 4x4 foam dressing. Two to three dressing changes a day is considered moderate. They contain gel-forming agents a gelatin or sodium carboxymethylcellulose. Greater than 10cc of wound fluid. If managed appropriately wound exudate should begin to decrease as healing progresses. Some absorbent dressings for wounds form a gel when they come in contact with wound exudate.
Users of this type of biomaterial need to ensure moisture vapour transmission is not blocked by the use of tapes and additional dressing materials over the primary dressing Jones and Milton 2000.
Moist with exudate but not macerated. They include a semi or a non-adherent layer combined with multiple layers of highly absorptive fibers that effectively manage exudate. To become a good dressing specifically for large wounds as aforementioned it is of most importance for the wound dressing to absorb a large amount of exudate. Products that allow transmission of exudate provide a protective wound contact layer and. Dressings may not always be the. Exudate can present in a variety of forms indicating the need to assess it by volume viscosity and colour.