AQUACEL® Ag dressing with Strengthening Fibre
Introducing Strength
AQUACEL
® Ag Dressing with Strengthening Fibre has all the
advantages of the original AQUACEL® Ag Ribbon Dressing
and now even more strength.1
Stitchbonding has been added to strengthen the original
AQUACEL® Ag Ribbon Dressing1
- Over 20 times strongera
- More than 1.3 times less shrinkagea
The benefits of strength
All the advantages of AQUACEL
® Dressings:
- supports wound healing by providing a moist wound environment2
- protects the periwound skin2
- helps reduce pain in situ and on dressing removal3-6
All the advantages of AQUACEL
® Ag Dressings:
- provides rapid7 and sustained8 antimicrobial activity against P.
aeruginosa and S. aureus, in vitro
Plus the added advantages of:1
- increased strength to help prevent breakage
- reduced shrinkage
The technology behind the
success
AQUACEL
® Ag dressing with Strengthening Fibre contains the
unique ConvaTec Hydrofiber® Technology, which gels upon
contact with wound exudate. This gelling action allows AQUACEL
®Ag Dressings with Strengthening Fibre to:
- lock in exudate and microorganisms that are contained within
the exudate9
- contour to the wound bed10
- respond to the wound environment
- absorbs wound fluid and creates a soft gel
- silver version releases ionic silver in a controlledb manner as wound
exudate is absorbedb,7,11
Artist's interpretation
Some of the many potential
applications
The added strength of AQUACEL
® Ag Dressings with Strengthening Fibre makes it an ideal
partner in the management of:c
- excised abscesses
- MRSA infection is found in approximately 61% of abscesses12
- excised pilonidal cysts
- cavity wounds
- absorbs exudate and microorganisms9
Other potential applications include:
- sinus tracts (post-procedure)
- suture lines
- fingers and toes of paediatric patients (burns, abrasions)
- pin (ortho) and tube (g-tube, PEG) sites
- finger or toe degloving
- circumcision sites
AQUACEL
® Ag Dressing with Strengthening Fibre
- AQUACEL® Ribbon Dressing just got
stronger!
References [+]
- AQUACEL®
and AQUACEL® Ag With Strengthening Fibre. WHRI13178
TA155. October 31, 2008. Data on file, ConvaTec.
- Robinson BJ. The use
of a Hydrofiber dressing in wound management. J Wound
Care. 2000;9(1):32-34.
- Armstrong SH, Brown
DA, Hill E, Ruckley CV. A randomized trial of a new Hydrofiber
dressing, AQUACEL, and an alginate in the treatment of exuding leg
ulcers. Presented at: 5th European Conference on Advances in Wound
Management; November 21-24, 1995; Harrogate, UK.
- Barnea Y, Amir A,
Leshem D et al. Clinical comparative study of Aquacel and paraffin
gauze dressing for split-skin donor site treatment. Ann Plast
Surg. 2004;53(2):132-136.
- Caruso DM, Foster KN,
Blome-Eberwein SA et al. Randomized clinical study of Hydrofiber
dressing with silver or silver sulfadiazine in the management of
partial-thickness burns. J Burn Care Res 2006;
27(3):298-309.
- Kogan L, Moldavsky M,
Szvalb S, Govrin-Yehudain J. Comparative study of Aquacel and
Silverol treatment in burns. Ann Burns Fire Disasters
2004; 17(4):201-207.
- Jones SA. Bowler PG,
Walker M, Parsons D. Controlling wound bioburden with a novel
silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing. Wound Repair Regen.
2004;12:288-294.
- Parsons D, Bowler PG,
Myles V, Jones S. Silver antimicrobial dressings in wound
management: a comparison of antibacterial, physical and chemical
characteristics. Wounds. 2005;17(8):222-232.
- Bowler PG, Jones SA,
Davies BJ, Coyle E. Infection control properties of some wound
dressings. J Wound Care. 1999;8(10):499-502.
- Hoekstra MJ, Hermans
MH, Richters CD, Dutrieux RP. A histological comparison of acute
inflammatory responses with a hydrofibre or tulle gauze dressing.
J Wound Care. 2002;11(3):113-117.
- Bowler P.
Progression toward healing: wound infection and the role of an
advanced silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing. Ostomy Wound
Manage. 2003;49:(8)(suppl):S 2-S5.
- Moran GJ,
Krisnadasan A, Gorwitz RJ et al. Methicillin-resistant S.
aureus infections among patients in the emergency department.
N Engl J Med. 2006;355:666-674.
Notes [+]
- Compared with the original
AQUACEL® Ag Dressing.
- The amount of silver
released is controlled by the maximum amount of silver that can get
into solution.
- See product
insert.
