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What are the benefits of gelling fibre dressings?
Gelling fibre dressings help to:3,4
- manage wound exudate;
- make autolytic debridement easier (i.e. removal of dead tissue, debris and slough from the wound);
- reduce the risk of infection;
- promote tissue granulation; and
- maintain a moist wound healing environment.
By choosing the right gelling fibre dressing, you can reduce how often you have to change the dressing.3 So in this way, gelling fibre dressings create a better experience for your patients as well.
Sacral wound with undermining before the application of a gelling fibre dressing
Sacral wound with gelling fibre dressing
Dressing change after 2 days. Sacral wound after removal of gelling fibre dressing.
References
- World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS), Consensus Document. Wound exudate: effective assessment and management. Wounds International, 2019
- Gelling Fiber Wound Dressings – WoundSource. https://www.woundsource.com/product-category/dressings/gelling-fiber-dressings
- NHS Clinical Review: Gelling Fibre Dressings (V2) 01.2018
- Tonny Karlsmark et. al. A new reinforced gelling fibre to reduce exudate pooling, Wounds International, vol 3. 2020
- V Hallern et. al. 2020 Biatain Fiber