Professional product catalogue

Dressings

The dressing family includes different device architectures intended to cover a wound or provide a contact layer within a care arrangement. Foam, hydrocolloid, alginate, contact layers and impregnated gauze differ primarily in material and construction. These names do not represent grades of quality. Understanding the differences helps pharmacy teams describe a professional requirement accurately, through the material, contact layers, absorbent surfaces and fixation arrangements that give each type its particular construction and purpose.

Foam dressings

Foam dressings contain an absorbent foam structure, frequently made from polyurethane, combined with additional layers according to the design. The family includes bordered and unbordered sheets, different thicknesses and shapes intended for particular body contours. For pharmacy teams, understanding the purpose of each layer helps distinguish absorption, skin contact and fixation. These three functions are not necessarily combined in the same way in every dressing, even when products share the same general category name.

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Hydrocolloid dressings

Hydrocolloid dressings contain a matrix that interacts with wound fluid and can form a gel. Their sheet construction differs from absorbent foam dressings and fibrous compresses. Designs vary in thickness, transparency, outer backing and shape. These physical distinctions matter to pharmacy teams because two sheets with similar overall measurements may have different structures. The category name identifies a material family; it does not establish identical ingredients, clinical purposes or handling characteristics across all products.

11 classified products

Alginate dressings

Alginate dressings are fibrous products, generally based on calcium alginate derived from compounds extracted from seaweed. They can be supplied as flat pads or elongated ribbon formats. This structure differs from foam and hydrocolloid sheets. For pharmacy teams, distinguishing the geometry and composition helps describe a requested device accurately. The material name alone does not establish a clinical use, a particular absorption capacity or permission to substitute one presentation for another in an individual care plan.

10 classified products

Contact layers & gauze dressings

Contact layers and gauze-based dressings have a contact structure that differs from a thick absorbent pad. Designs may use a textile mesh, a synthetic network or a coated layer. This category therefore includes several constructions rather than one uniform material. Pharmacy teams can distinguish them by identifying the support, any silicone coating or impregnation, and the role of a separate covering. Those details explain the device more precisely than the broad term non-adherent dressing alone.

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