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Wound Cleansing and Dressing Selection

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� Contact Layers – primary dressing<br />

– Thin, non-adherent sheets placed in wound bed<br />

to protect against contact from other agents<br />

– Provides protection<br />

– Porous to allow fluid exchange<br />

– Often used with fillers or topical medications<br />

– Always used when bone or tendon is exposed<br />

– Can leave in wound bed up to 7 days<br />

– Ex: Tegapore, Dermanet, Mepitel, Telpha Clear,<br />

Curity Nonadherent, Vaseline Impregnated<br />

Gauze

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