MEPILEX BORDER AG SACRUM WOUND DRESSING 23CM x 23CM

Antimicrobial products

A product that inactivates wound pathogens with silver.

It can be in a foam, gel or an alginate. Depending of the amount of exudate different levels of absorbent are needed medium or high.The product can be without a border or with a border with the Safetac technology.

Mepilex® Border Sacrum Ag is an all-in-one antimicrobial foam dressing designed for medium to high exuding pressure injuries located in the area of the sacrum, or other wounds in the sacral area such as surgical excision of pilonidal cysts, and where an antimicrobial action is indicated. According to a recent international consensus, antimicrobial action is indicated to help reduce bio-burden in infected wounds and to act as an antimicrobial barrier in wounds at high risk of infection or re-infection. Infected wounds are painful wounds that need the best of treatment. Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag is a dressing with Safetac® technology, and is therefore proven to minimise pain and skin damage at dressing changes. Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag provides an antimicrobial activity, as it contains a silver compound.

-          Safetac technology minimises pain at dressing changes

-          Rapid and sustained antimicrobial activity

-          Excellent retention and effective exudate management

-          All-in-one foam dressing for pressure injuries and other wounds located on the sacral area

When to use Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag?

Mepilex® Border Sacrum Ag is an all-in-one antimicrobial foam dressing, designed for a wide range of medium to high exuding wounds showing clinical signs infection or at high risk of infection, such as pressure injuries but also traumatic wounds and secondary healing wounds. The soft, conformable dressing maintains a moist wound environment, which provides the wound with an optimal healing environment. Safetac® technology seals the wound edges and thus minimises the risk of maceration6.

As pain is one of the typical clinical signs of infection, most infected wounds are painful. Inflicting unnecessary suffering to patients causes stress and is hard to justify. Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag is a dressing with Safetac® technology, offering less pain for patients at dressing changes and when repositioning the dressing. Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag contains silver sulfate, and the antimicrobial activity of this silver technology helps to reduce bio-burden after 30 minutes, killing 99.9 per cent of a wide range of bacteria for 7 days.

Use Mepilex Border Sacrum Ag:

-          To support healing of pressure injuries in the area of the sacrum with a designed-to-fit anatomical dressing

-          When an antimicrobial action is indicated to help reduce bio-burden in infected sacral wounds

-          When an antimicrobial action is indicated to act as an antimicrobial barrier in sacral wounds at high risk of infection or re-infection

-          To obtain a rapid (after 30 minutes) and sustained (for 7 days) effective antimicrobial effect

-          To combine antimicrobial action with a less painful and less stressful patient care management programme