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
Primary Complementary Dressings
Secondary Complementary Dressings
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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