AQUACEL® Ag dressing with Strengthening Fibre

Introducing Strength

AQUACEL® Ag Dressing with Strengthening Fibre has all the advantages of the original AQUACEL® Ag Ribbon Dressing and now even more strength.1

Stitchbonding has been added to strengthen the original AQUACEL® Ag Ribbon Dressing1

  • Over 20 times strongera
  • More than 1.3 times less shrinkagea

 

The benefits of strength

All the advantages of AQUACEL® Dressings:

  • supports wound healing by providing a moist wound environment2
  • protects the periwound skin2
  • helps reduce pain in situ and on dressing removal3-6

 

All the advantages of AQUACEL® Ag Dressings:

  • provides rapid7 and sustained8 antimicrobial activity against P. aeruginosa and S. aureus, in vitro

 

Plus the added advantages of:1

  • increased strength to help prevent breakage
  • reduced shrinkage

 

The technology behind the success

AQUACEL® Ag dressing with Strengthening Fibre contains the unique ConvaTec Hydrofiber® Technology, which gels upon contact with wound exudate. This gelling action allows AQUACEL®Ag Dressings with Strengthening Fibre to:

  • lock in exudate and microorganisms that are contained within the exudate9
  • contour to the wound bed10
  • respond to the wound environment
    - absorbs wound fluid and creates a soft gel
    - silver version releases ionic silver in a controlledb manner as wound exudate is absorbedb,7,11

 


Artist's interpretation

Some of the many potential applications

The added strength of AQUACEL® Ag Dressings with Strengthening Fibre makes it an ideal partner in the management of:c

  • excised abscesses
    - MRSA infection is found in approximately 61% of abscesses12
  • excised pilonidal cysts
  • cavity wounds
    - absorbs exudate and microorganisms9

 

Other potential applications include:

  • sinus tracts (post-procedure)
  • suture lines
  • fingers and toes of paediatric patients (burns, abrasions)
  • pin (ortho) and tube (g-tube, PEG) sites
  • finger or toe degloving
  • circumcision sites

 

AQUACEL® Ag Dressing with Strengthening Fibre
– AQUACEL® Ribbon Dressing just got stronger!

References [+]

  1. AQUACEL® and AQUACEL® Ag With Strengthening Fibre. WHRI13178 TA155. October 31, 2008. Data on file, ConvaTec.
  2. Robinson BJ. The use of a Hydrofiber dressing in wound management. J Wound Care. 2000;9(1):32–34.
  3. Armstrong SH, Brown DA, Hill E, Ruckley CV. A randomized trial of a new Hydrofiber dressing, AQUACEL, and an alginate in the treatment of exuding leg ulcers. Presented at: 5th European Conference on Advances in Wound Management; November 21-24, 1995; Harrogate, UK.
  4. Barnea Y, Amir A, Leshem D et al. Clinical comparative study of Aquacel and paraffin gauze dressing for split-skin donor site treatment. Ann Plast Surg. 2004;53(2):132-136.
  5. Caruso DM, Foster KN, Blome-Eberwein SA et al. Randomized clinical study of Hydrofiber dressing with silver or silver sulfadiazine in the management of partial-thickness burns. J Burn Care Res 2006; 27(3):298–309.
  6. Kogan L, Moldavsky M, Szvalb S, Govrin-Yehudain J. Comparative study of Aquacel and Silverol treatment in burns. Ann Burns Fire Disasters 2004; 17(4):201–207.
  7. Jones SA. Bowler PG, Walker M, Parsons D. Controlling wound bioburden with a novel silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing. Wound Repair Regen. 2004;12:288–294.
  8. Parsons D, Bowler PG, Myles V, Jones S. Silver antimicrobial dressings in wound management: a comparison of antibacterial, physical and chemical characteristics. Wounds. 2005;17(8):222–232.
  9. Bowler PG, Jones SA, Davies BJ, Coyle E. Infection control properties of some wound dressings. J Wound Care. 1999;8(10):499–502.
  10. Hoekstra MJ, Hermans MH, Richters CD, Dutrieux RP. A histological comparison of acute inflammatory responses with a hydrofibre or tulle gauze dressing. J Wound Care. 2002;11(3):113–117.
  11. Bowler P. Progression toward healing: wound infection and the role of an advanced silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2003;49:(8)(suppl):S 2-S5.
  12. Moran GJ, Krisnadasan A, Gorwitz RJ et al. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus infections among patients in the emergency department. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:666–674.

Notes [+]

  1. Compared with the original AQUACEL® Ag Dressing.
  2. The amount of silver released is controlled by the maximum amount of silver that can get into solution.
  3. See product insert.

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