Wound Product

Iodine Soaked Ribbon Gauze

Last Updated
19 May 2025

Quick Overview

Packing gauze soaked in iodine and that can be packed into a cavity. The cavity can be blind as long as there is a 5cm of the ribbon gauze handing out so that it may be retrieved.

Maximum Wear Time

Daily

Exudate Management

Scant to moderate

Active Ingredient

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Product Information

HMIF / Ordering Code

531363

Categories

Ordering Description

Iodine:

POVIDONE IODINE 10%, SKIN ANTISEPTIC SOLUTION, 100ML (RIODINE)

Ribbon Gauze (can use any size):

GAUZE, PACKING, RADIOPAQU, 2.5CM X 1ME, 4 PLY, INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED, STERILE, SINGLE-USE (MULTIGATE)

 

Brand

Uses

  • Blind cavities like sinuses
  • Over large areas of errosion where other products are not appropriate (eg. large sacral wounds)
  • When Aquacel Ag or Urgo clean Ag can not be found

Positives

  • Antimicrobial
  • Can be packed into blind cavities
  • Once the active ingredients have been depleted there is enough serous fluid to create a moist wound healing environment

Limitations

  • When left in too long the gauze can dry out and become stuck and adhered to the wound bed

Precautions

  • Iodine Allergies
  • History of:
    • Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, history of Graves disease or nontoxic goiter

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