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Transforming wound care with AQUACEL® dressing

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AQUACEL® dressing provides clinicians and patients with all the benefits of Hydrofiber® Technology in a versatile dressing for use with moderately-to-highly exuding chronic and acute wounds.

 

Transforming wounds

  • Creates a moist wound environment to support healing
  • Provides excellent absorption and retention1
  • Helps protect periwound skin and reduce maceration 2,3
  • Helps balance the inflammatory response4

Transforming patient and caregiver experience

  • Minimizes pain during wear and at dressing removal 5,6
  • Excellent ease of application and removal
  • Up to seven day wear time

Transforming outcomes

  • AQUACEL® dressing, in a protocol of care, on leg ulcers showed differences in terms of dressing performance, dressing wear time and cost-effectiveness when compared to SorbsanTM over 12 weeks 7
    • In an open, prospective, randomized, controlled multi-center evaluation in 131 patients with leg ulcers, treated in the community over 12 weeks

    This study was funded by ConvaTec Inc.

    Cost comparisons are based on cost data from the United Kingdom in 2001. Cost data may not accurately reflect comparative costs in different markets or at different time periods in any market, so please treat the conclusions with caution.

  • AQUACEL® dressing, in a protocol of care, on wounds of mixed etiology, achieved healing or substantial healing in over 75% of patients after just four weeks; it also achieved less pain in use and on removal, and fewer dressing changes compared to baseline in patients that had previously been managed with other dressings8
    • A multi-center trial in 1,805 patients, compared AQUACEL® dressing (covered with DuoDERM® Extra Thin, gauze or nothing) to previous dressing regimes, which included gauze (44%), hydrocolloid dressings (20%) and alginates, foams, PU films plus other dressings (36%) over four weeks
  • AQUACEL® dressing under TegadermTM in patients having undergone orthopedic surgery was 5.8 times more likely to result in a wound with no complications as compared to CutiplastTM (p<0.00001)9
    • In a prospective, randomized, controlled trial of 183 patients with total hip or knee replacement or an operation for a fractured neck of femur compared AQUACEL® dressing under TegadermTM against CutiplastTM
 

To see AQUACEL® dressings in action, please take a moment to watch our video presentation from David Parsons PhD, ConvaTec's Associate Director of Anti-infectives Research & Development.

Indications
(under the supervision of a healthcare professional)
Pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers,
burns and surgical wounds.
Also ideal for the local management of wounds
prone to bleeding, such as wounds that have
been mechanically or surgically debrided, donor
site and traumatic wounds, and for the packing
of cavity wounds.

 

References [+]

  1. Waring MJ, Parsons D. Physicochemical characterisation of carboxy-methylated spun cellulose fibres. Biomaterials. 2001;22:903-912.
  2. Coutts P, Sibbald RG. The effect of a silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing on superficial wound bed and bacterial balance of chronic wounds. Int. Wound J. 2005; 2(4):348-356.
  3. Robinson BJ. The use of a Hydrofiber dressing in wound management. J. Wound Care. 2000;9(1):32-34.
  4. Hoekstra MJ, Hermans MH, Richters CD, Dutrieux RP. A histological comparison of acute inflammatory responses with a Hydrofiber or tulle gauze dressing. J. Wound Care. 2002;11(3):113-117.
  5. Armstrong SH, Brown DA, Hill E, Ruckley CV. A randomized trial of a new Hydrofiber® dressing, Aquacel, and an alginate in the treatment of exuding leg ulcers. Presented at: 5th European Conference on Advances in Wound Management; November 21-24, 1995; Harrogate, UK.
  6. Kogan L, Moldavsky M, Szvalb S, Govrin-Yehudain J. Comparative study of Aquacel and Silverol treatment in burns.Ann Burns Fire Disasters. 2004;17(4):201-207.
  7. Harding KG, Price P, Robinson B, Thomas S, Hofman D. Cost and dressing evaluation of Hydrofiber and alginate dressings in the management of community-based patients with chronic leg ulceration.Wounds. 2001;13(6):229-236.
  8. Collado GF, Moran SMJ, Garcia RMJ. Care for cutaneous lesions by combining hydrofiber and extra fine hydrocolloid dressings. A multi-centric study. Rev ROL Enf. 2002;25(2):130.
  9. Ravenscroft MJ, Harker J, Buch KA. A prospective, randomised, controlled trial comparing wound dressings used in hip and knee surgery Aquacel and Tegaderm versus Cutiplast. Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2006;88:18-22.