Wound Cleansing and Dressing Selection
Wound Cleansing and Dressing Selection
Wound Cleansing and Dressing Selection
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Gauze <strong>Dressing</strong>s<br />
� Some are impregnated<br />
– Mesalt: intended for heavily draining infected wounds<br />
– Idoform: iodine impregnated gauze packing strip<br />
– Xeroform: fine mesh gauze impregnated with<br />
petrolatum <strong>and</strong> 3% bismuth; deodorizes<br />
– Vaseline: fine mesh gauze impregnated with vaseline<br />
– Adaptic: fine mesh coated with light oil emulsion<br />
– Kerlix AMD: coated with polyhexamethylene biguanide<br />
(bacteria killing polymer); extracts bacteria from wound
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