Recommended dressings for infected and critically colonized wounds | ||||
Type | Brand | Indication | Contraindication | Wear time |
Honey | Malodorous wounds Infection/critical colonization | Pain Environments where insects abound May need to use over primary dressings | Change every three to seven days May need to change secondary dressing more frequently due to increased exudate | |
Algivon | ||||
Medihoney Gel Sheet | Sensitive wounds | Replace when no evidence of gel sheet remains | ||
Mesitran ointment S | Sensitive wounds | Apply at each dressing change | ||
Silver | Mepilex AG | Wounds requiring foam dressing | ||
Urgotul Silver/SSD | Primary dressing | |||
PolyMem Silver | ||||
Aquacel Ag | EB simplex with diabetes mellitus | |||
Other | Suprasorb X + PHMB (polyhexanide) | Pain Itching | Daily for optimum pain relief and cooling effect | |
Other | Cutimed Sorbact | As dictated by strikethrough on secondary dressing | ||
Other | PolyMem | When strikethrough observed | ||
Other | Crystacide | Superficial infection |
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