Askina® DresSil
Foam dressing with silicone adhesive
Askina® DresSil is a self adherent foam dressing with soft silicone adhesive on one side and a vapour permeable waterproof film on the other. It combines the absorption capacity of the foam with the soft adhesion of the silicone contact layer.
Advantages
- Gentle and secure adherence
- Minimized trauma during dressing changes (1)
- Significant absorption capacity
- Easy to use
- Good conformability on difficult-to-dress areas and skin contours
- Repositionnable, can be cut to shape
- Improves patient comfort
- Hypoallergenic
Indication
Indicated for the management of moderately exuding, partial to full thickness wounds such as: pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers, arterial leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, 1st and 2nd degree burns, donor sites, skin tears and difficult to dress areas
(1) Thomas S Atraumatic dressings. WorldWide Wounds, 2003
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