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Hydrogels Dressings
Characteristics / Functions
- Wound gels are excellent for helping to create or maintain a moist environment
Some hydrogels provide absorption, desloughing and debriding capacities to necrotic and
fibrotic tissue.
- Hydrogel sheets are cross-linked polymer gels in sheet
form. Some are available with an adhesive border
Best Uses
- Helps provide and maintain a moist wound environment
- By increasing moisture content, hydrogels have the ability to help cleans and debride
necrotic tissue
- For wounds with minimal or no exudate
Advantages
- Effective in hydrating wound surfaces and liquefying necrotic tissue on the wound
surface
- Non-adherent and can be removed without trauma to the wound bed
- "Soothing" effect promotes patient acceptance
Disadvantages
- Not too absorptive, therefore, hydrogels or hydrogel sheets may not be an appropriate
choice for moderate to highly exudating wounds
- Require secondary dressings
Hydrogels Available:
| Product |
Manufacturer |
| Tegagel |
3M |
| Amerigel Topical Ointment |
Amerx Health Care |
Bard Absorption Dressing
Biolex
Iamin |
Bard Medical |
CarraSorb
Carrasyn
DIAB GEL |
Carrington Laboratories |
Woun'Dres
Purilon |
Coloplast |
DuoDERM
SAF-Gel |
ConvaTec |
| Repair Hydrogel |
Darja Laboratories Inc. |
| DermaSyn |
DermaRite |
| Dermagran |
Derma Sciences, Inc. |
| CURASOL |
HEALTHPOINT |
| Restore |
Hollister Inc. |
| NU-GEL |
Johnson & Johnson |
| CURAFIL |
Kendall |
| SkinTegrity |
Medline |
Hypergel
Normlgel |
Molnlycke Health Care |
| MPM |
MPM Medical, Inc. |
| Iamin |
ProCyte |
| PanoPlex |
Sage Laboratories |
IntraSite
SoloSite |
Smith & Nephew |
| Elta Dermal |
Swiss-American Products, Inc. |
Medicare / DMERC Utilization Guidelines
Hydrogel wound cover (gauze or sheet) is usually changed once per day. If it has an
adhesive border, it is usually changed up to 3 times per week.
Hydrogel wound filler is usually changed once daily. No more than 3 ounces of filler is
typically medically necessary per wound in a 30 day period.
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