Packing: 10pcs / Box
Size: 5cm x 5cm / 10cm x 10cm
Urgosorb is an absorbent dressing combining calcium alginate fibres with hydrocolloid particles.
PREPARING EXUDING WOUNDS FOR HEALING
- Absorbs exudate
- Facilitates desloughing and healing
- Can be removed in one piece
- Haemostatic properties
When in contact with exudate, sodium-calcium ion exchange takes place between the wound and the dressing, UrgoSorb gels and maintenance the moist environment for a good friend of infidate, softens and drains any necrotic debris.
Through platelet activation, Urgosorb dressing States primary haemostasis of acute and chronic bleeding wounds.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
- Clean the wound as per local protocol and rinse with saline solution. Dry the surrounding skin carefully before applying Urgosorb.
- Choose the appropriate size of Urgosorb which leaves at least 1 or 2 cm of the dressing overlapping the healthy skin around the wound.
- Apply Urgosorb directly onto the wound.
- Cover Urgosorb with a secondary dressing.
- Secure the dressing in place with a suitable bandage, adhesive tape, or apply compression bandage if prescribed.
- Urgosorb should be changed when it is saturated, particularly when the exudate has soaked through to the secondary dressing.
The renewal frequency depends on the level of exudate:
- daily in case of highly exuding wounds either covered with fibrinonecrotic debris or infected;
- every 2 days in case of a clean and moderately exuding wound, depending on the clinical condition of the wound.
- In case of a leg ulcer, Urgosorb can be moistened with saline solution in order to ease the removal.
