UrgoTul Ag Non-Adherent Contact Layer Dressing Impregnated With Silver 15x20cm

Also available in SKU/Size,

100340 / 5x5cm, 100341 / 10x12cm, 100342 / 15x20cm

Non-adhesive and non-occlusive polyester mesh featuring TLC Healing Matrix impregnated with Silver ions.

Key Features:

• Proven antimicrobial efficacy
• Features TLC healing matrix
• Non-woven substrate

Benefits:

• Fast action: from 30 minutes on main strains.
• Works against strains resistant to antibiotics (e.g MRSA, VRE)
• Creates and maintains a moist environment
• Provides pain free care and atraumatic removal
• Conformable and easy to reposition
• Non-adherent
• Can be cut
• Will not shed into the wound

Indications:

All wounds at risk or with signs of local infection in the granulation and epithelialisation stages.

• Chronic wounds
  • Leg ulcers
  • Pressure injuries
• Acute wounds
  • Partial thickness burns
  • Dermabrasions
  • Traumatic wounds
  • Surgical wounds
• Due to the non-adhesive nature of the dressing, it is recommended in the treatment of wounds in which the skin around the lesion is weakened.

Contraindications:

• Known sensitisation to Silver and other ingredients of the dressing.
• Do not use on patients undergoing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) examination.

Precautions:

• Treatment with UrgoTul Ag should be carried out under medical supervision.
• Use of this dressing does not negate the need for appropriate systemic anti-bacterial treatment of infected wounds in line with local policy.
• Urgotul Ag/Silver can adhere to surgical gloves (latex). Consequently, it is recommended that the gloves be moistened with normal saline in order to make it easier to hold the dressing.
• Concomitant use with other local treatments is not recommended.
• Do not use in pregnant or breast-feeding women, newborn and premature babies in the absence of any specific
• clinical data.
• Clinicians / Healthcare Professionals should be aware that there are very limited data on:
  • prolonged and repeated use of silver containing dressings, particularly in children and neonates, and, use of silver containing dressings during radiation treatment.
• The use of UrgoTul Ag in these cases is left to the discretion of the healthcare professional.
• Avoid contact with electrodes or conductive gels during electronic measurements, e.g. EEG and ECG.
• Do not use in a hyperbaric chamber.
• Single-use, individual and sterile dressing: The reuse of a single use product may entail risks of infection.
• (*) Check that the sterile protector is intact before use. Do not use if package is damaged.
• Do not re-sterilise.

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