Cutimed Alginate Dressing

Cutimed® Alginate is a calcium sodium alginate (80% calcium and 20% sodium) made out of natural seaweed. The alginate component enables the dressing to absorb up to 20 times its own weight in exudate. Cutimed® Alginate offers a broad performance spectrum, but is particularly useful for moderate to heavily exuding wounds, shallow wounds, lesions with rough edges, or deeper sites that are hard to dress. Cutimed® Alginate–mode of action -The exchange of calcium ions within the dressing with sodium ions, which are present in the exudate, transforms the alginate into a moist gel. -Facilitates moist wound healing by maintaining a moist environment -Has haemostatic properties due to calcium ion release from the alginate dressing in contact with body fluids -Reduces risk of maceration only one layer of exudate is maintained at the wound surface but excess exudate is absorbed -Helps to clean the wound bacteria are trapped in the gel formed by the exudate absorbed and are then removed during dressing change Cutimed® Alginate–userbenefits -Easily cut to size customisable application -Highly flexible fibres conform to every wound base -Excellent wet integrity easily removed intact Cutimed® Alginate–patientcomfort -Retains exudate in gel -reduces leakage risk -keeps patient as active as possible -Wet integrity enables -rapid dressing changes -minimal patient discomfort -High absorption