Curasorb Calcium Alginate Dressing Features
- Unique gel block and fiber configuration encourages vertical wicking which pulls exudates straight through the dressing
- Allows a more efficient exudate removal
- Maintains Integrity allowing fast and easy removal and clean up
- Highly absorbent fluid binding absorbs up to 20 times its weight in exudate maximizing wound fluid retention and removal
- Allows fewer dressing changes
- Minimal shrinkage helps to prevent maceration of periwound
How does Zinc Dressing help with wound healing?
- Zinc plays a major role in regulating every phase of the wound healing process
- Membrane repair
- Oxidative stress
- Coagulation
- Inflammation
- Immune defence
- Tissue re-epithelialization
- Angiogenesis
- Fibrosis/scar formation
- Helps in the wound healing cascade
- Aids in cellular migration and mitosis
- Contribute to building and generating new cell growth which is essential for filling dead space and healing
Why to choose Curasorb Calcium Alginate Dressing?
- Unique calcium to sodium ratio proliferates sodium-calcium exchange with the wound
- Donates calcium to the wound and removes sodium from wound helping to regulate wound bed
- Isotonic sodium configuration is gentle on wound
- High calcium levels speeds hemostasis
- Stable gel formula with higher percentage of guluronic levels allows easier removal and minimizes tissue trauma
- Maximizes patient comfort during removal and debridement
- Place directly on the wound bed
- Can also be used to pack wounds
When to use Curasorb Zinc Calcium Alginate Dressing?
- Deep and tunneling wounds
- Heavy to moderate exudating wounds
- Venous ulcers
- Diabetic ulcers
- Arterial ulcers
- Donor sites
- Second degree burns
- Abrasions, lacerations and skin tears
- Pressure ulcers
What to buy with Curasorb Calcium Alginate
- Covidien Sterile Saline Water
- Cardinal Health Skin Barrier Ointment
- Medline Povidone Iodine Swabsticks
