Hydrofera Blue READY-Border Antibacterial Foam Dressing
Hydrofera Blue READY-Border comes with all the benefits of borderless Hydrofera Blue Ready dressings but with an adhesive edge for a secure hold. READY-Border is a foam dressing containing two organic pigments, methylene blue and gentian violet, in open-celled polyurethane foam (PU).
Benefits:
- Designed for gentle dressing changes minimizing maceration
- Polyurethane foam with a silicone border to remain in place
- Silicone border is waterproof and perforated for breathability
- Allows the foam to come in direct contact with the wound bed to kill bacteria
- Stays in place without sticking to the wound bed
- Creates and maintains a moist healing environment
- Does not inhibit growth factors
- Compatible with growth factors, enzymatic debriders, and hyperbaric oxygen therapy
- Ideal for clinicians looking for an alternative to silver dressing
- Up to 7 days wear time
- Non-allergenic, non-cytotoxic, and non-irritating
- Broad-spectrum antibacterial protection
- Rapid wicking and exudate retention
- No hydration required for application
Uses:
- Shallow wounds
- Wounds with an infection or at risk of infection
- Post-op wounds and post-surgical incisions
- Difficult to dress areas
- Pressure injuries and ulcers
- Diabetic ulcers
- Venous stasis ulcers
- Arterial ulcers
- Superficial burns and wounds
- Donor sites and skin grafts
- Traumatic wounds (skin tears)
- Acute and chronic wounds
- Dehisced wounds
- Granulating/epithelializing wounds
- Moderate/highly exudating wounds
- Non/minimally exudating wounds
- Palliative wounds
- Sloughy wounds
- Superficial wounds (abrasions, lacerations)
Warnings and Precautions:
- Not indicated for third-degree burns
- Should not be used on individuals sensitive to or who have had an allergic reaction to the dressing or its components
- Product wound contact time is limited to 30 days
- Not tested or evaluated on the pediatric and neonatal population
