Lohmann & Rauscher Vliwasorb Super Absorbent Wound Dressing

Description

Vliwasorb Super Absorbent Wound Dressing by Lohmann & Rauscher is made up of numerous highly absorbent layers and a skin-friendly wound contact layer. It has a great capacity for wound exudate absorption and retention, as well as protection from wound edge maceration and wound healing. The superabsorbent polymers in the absorbent core absorb 20 times their own weight.
 

Features of Vliwasorb Super Absorbent Wound Dressing

• Vliwasorb Wound Dressing has thin flexible cushioning
• Vliwasorb adheres securely without the need for additional retention
• Reduces the risk of the product adhering to the wound
• With a clothing protection layer
• The elastic membrane backing adjusts to the expansion of the superabsorbent wound dressing
• This allows the absorption and retention of large amounts of exudate
• Composition: Polyethylene, polypropylene, cellulose, sodium polyacrylate
• Sterile
• Individually sealed

When to use Lohmann & Rauscher Vliwasorb Superabsorbent Dressing?

• wounds with high levels of exudate
• Superficial wounds during the exudation phase:
  • Arterial
  • Venous ulcers
• Burns and scalds (3rd degree: following surgical debridement)
• Postoperative wounds healing by secondary intention
• Laparotomy wounds
• Fistulas

What to buy with Vliwasorb Absorbent Dressing

• KerraFoam Gentle Border Foam Dressing
• Crawford Touchless Care Zinc Oxide Protectant Spray

How do Absorbent Dressings work?

• Absorbent dressings are multi-layered and made up of a blend of highly absorptive layers of cellulose/cotton/rayon fibers with either a non-adherent or semi-adherent layer.
• The non-adherent layer minimizes adherence to the wound bed therefore leaving the wound undisturbed and allowing it to heal faster.
• These exudate-absorbing dressings maintain a moist wound environment at the right level so as to promote healing.
• They remove the exudate away from the skin surface through rapid, vertical wicking action and flick into the super absorbent polymers.
• The exudate collects in the core thus shielding the wound edge from the risk of maceration.
• External fluid is repelled and strike-through is prevented.