Askina® DresSil
Foam dressings 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
- Repositionable, can be cut to shape
- Improves patient comfort
- Hypoallergenic
(1) Thomas S Atraumatic dressings. WorldWide Wounds, 2003
Indication
- Pressure ulcers
- Venous leg ulcers
- Arterial leg ulcers
- Diabetic foot ulcers
- 1st and 2nd degree burns
- Donor sites
- Skin tears
- Difficult to dress areas