Puracol Plus AG Collagen Dressing Features
- Triple-helix format of Medline Puracol Plus AG Collagen Rope Dressing helps restore chemical balance in the wound bed facilitating the give-n-take magnetism of a healing wound
- Highly absorbent material converts to soft gel sheet that stays in intimate contact with wound bed as it absorbs exudate
- Fibroblasts recognize this structure as natural behaving normally producing the collagen to heal the wound
- Supporting normal fibroblast activity while distracting negative forces like MMPs and Elastase
- Triple helix structure allows body own fibroblasts to act normally
- Absorbent collagen sheets manage wound moisture
- For stalled wounds when antimicrobial properties of silver are desired
- 100% native bovine collagen impregnated with ionic silver designed to help jump-start stalled chronic wounds and manage bio-burden
- Helps promote natural healing
- Ionic silver provides antimicrobial barrier
- Features a unique 3-dimensional structure known as the MicroScaffold
- Contains a hydrated silver chloride, a known antibacterial agent. The silver ion works in multifaceted ways inside the dressing, disrupting metabolic processes in bacteria and inhibiting their growth within the dressing
- Bacteria in the environment will be kept out of the wound by the dressing
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Also Available:
- Medline Puracol Plus Collagen Dressing (Code MSC8622EPH)
- Medline Puracol Collagen Dressing (Code MSC8544)
Recommended Wound Conditions:
- All wound depths
- All drainage levels
- As a primary dressing
Recommended Secondary Dressings:
- Stratasorb Composite
- Bordered Gauze
- Optifoam Gentle
- Optifoam Adhesive
When to Use Collagen Rope Dressing?
- Pressure ulcers
- Partial and full thickness wounds
- Venous ulcers
- Ulcers caused by mixed vascular etiologies
- Diabetic ulcers
- Burns
- Donor sites and other bleeding surface wounds
- Abrasions
- Traumatic wounds healing by secondary intention
- Dehisced surgical wounds
Contraindications:
- Active vasculitis or patients with known sensitivity to collagen
- Patients with known sensitivity to silver
- Third-degree burns
Change Frequency:
- May be left in place for up to 7 days
- Dressing change frequency will depend on amount of drainage
