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Soft Silicone Dressings

  • What is a soft silicone dressing?

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        A soft silicone dressing is a dressing coated with soft silicone as an adhesive or a wound contact layer. The intrinsic properties of soft silicone are such that these dressings may be removed without causing trauma to the wound or to the surrounding skin.

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  • What are the main indications for soft silicone dressings?

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        Soft silicone dressings are suitable for almost all indications where it is important to prevent trauma to the wound and the surrounding skin and pain to the patient. The different types of soft silicone dressings meet different clinical needs.

  • Does soft silicone have any effect upon a wound or the wound healing process?

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        Since silicone is inert, it does not interact chemically with the wound or have any effect upon the cells responsible for the healing process. Furthermore, because soft silicone dressings are easily removed, they do not traumatise the wound or the surrounding skin and therefore do not interfere with wound healing.

  • What clinical advantages do soft silicone dressings offer over other types of dressings?

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        Published studies suggest that patients whose wounds are dressed with soft silicone dressings experience less trauma, less discomfort on removal and less maceration than those dressed with conventional dressings, thus reducing treatment costs.

  • Why are soft silicone dressings described as "atraumatic" dressings?

    •     Soft silicone dressings are described as atraumatic dressings because in clinical studies it has been shown that they can be removed without causing trauma either to a wound or to the surrounding skin or pain to the patient.

  • Do soft silicone dressings have a role in scar management?

    •     An international advisory group of scar management experts have recently published evidence-based clinical recommendations that support the use of silicone gel sheeting as a first-line therapy on immature, linear and widespread burn hypertrophic scars and minor keloids. Silicone gel sheeting should also be considered as a first-line prophylactic measure to help prevent the development of hypertrophic scars or keloids after surgery.

  • What is Safetac® technology?

    •     Safetac is a patented soft silicone coating technology designed specifically for wound management dressings. On the moist wound bed the Safetac layer actually 'floats' on the wound base because it is hydrophobic, but allows for drainage to be absorbed into the cover dressing or the absorbent layer.

  • This means:

    •    > Minimized risk of traumatizing the wound and surrounding skin upon removal.

       > Less pain for the patient.

       > Undisturbed wound healing and less risk of peri-wound maceration.

       > Less frequent dressing changes.




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