What is paraffin gauze used for?
Paraffin gauze dressing uses include minor burns and scalds, donor and recipient skin graft sites, skin loss, lacerations, abrasions and leg ulcers.
What is the use of Cuticell?
Cuticell® is a sterile ointment dressing designed to prevent tissue ingrowth and maintain a moist wound environment. Cuticell® is indicated for use on superficial exuding wounds such as: first- and second-degree burns, cuts and abrasions, lacerations, radiation injuries and donor and recipient skin graft sites.
What is Cuticell Classic?
Cuticell® Classic is the economical solution when treating exuding wounds. The low-adherent dressing is made of open weave cotton gauze impregnated with soft paraffin – to facilitate dressing change and to support a moist environment for the wound.
How do you use JELONET paraffin gauze dressing?
Application
- Wash hands before and after treating wound. Gently clean wound and surrounding skin. Dry surrounding skin thoroughly.
- Open foil sachet. Peel off protective paper to reveal JELONET◊.
- Place JELONET◊ onto the wound. Tape a MELOLIN◊ pad or apply a PRIMAPORE◊ over the JELONET◊ to keep in place.
What is collagen dressing?
Collagen dressings are primary dressings used in direct contact with the wound bed and containing live tissue. Collagen is derived from animal sources such as bovine (cow), equine (horse), porcine (pig) and avian (bird). These dressings can be used on granulating wounds with minimal to heavy exudate.
Is Jelonet good for open wounds?
JELONET is indicated as a primary wound contact layer in the treatment of minor burns and scalds, donor and recipient graft sites, skin loss wounds, lacerations, abrasions, leg ulcers.
How long do you leave Jelonet on?
Change Jelonet daily. Jelonet will dry out and adhere if left in place more than one day. Contact layer will not adhere to wound bed.
Do wounds heal faster when sleeping?
Even your healing cells take the night off, too Researchers at Cambridge University discovered that when it comes to wound healing, our bodies actually heal significantly faster if the injury is sustained during the day rather than at night, because of how circadian rhythms control cell function.