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Wound Care Pack - Pack of 100
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£693.60
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Wound Care Pack - Pack of 100
Ulcers on the limbs of people who inject drugs are painful, debilitating, and at high risk of infection. This wound care pack gives people the means to clean and cover a wound until they can get to a healthcare professional who can assess and treat it.
Originally designed by Bristol Drugs Project as a first aid intervention for their drug service and NSP workers to give to clients as an interim measure to reduce the risk of further damage while they seek specialist assessment and treatment from the wound care nurse, the pack has a range of 3 dressings which can be used separately or together to:
Soak up exudate;
Prevent the wound surface becoming dry (dry wounds heal more slowly);
Reduce the risk of infection; and
Prevent clothing further damaging the delicate healing surfaces.
The pack contains:
4 x Sterowipes to clean the wound and the skin around it;
1 x Zetuvit E pad. A non-irritant, non-adherent, highly absorbent dressing pad with an absorbent core made of soft cellulose fluff, a tissue layer for distribution of exudate, and a blue non-woven polypropylene layer on the backing of the dressing for protection against contamination;
2 x Steroswab. Sterile, non-woven swabs that can be used to cushion and protect, and prevent dryness in an open wound;
2 x Steropad. Highly absorbent, low adherent double-sided absorbent dressings to cover the wound area;
2 x Steroply conforming bandages to hold the dressings in place, and provide further protection;
A roll of hypoallergenic medical tape to secure the bandage;
A sealable plastic bag to put used dressings in; and
A wound care advice and information leaflet.
By having a pack to hand to give to people, services are able to demonstrate that they take this issue of soft tissue infections seriously, add weight to their referral to specialist services, and take immediate steps to reduce the pain suffering, and expense of this common complication of long-term injecting.
NOTE: the bandage is just to hold the dressing in place, and should not be too tightly applied as this could restrict blood flow to the wound. This shouldn't be a problem when it's first applied as it isn't highly elastic, and will relax within half a day or so. If it is reapplied people should be advised that they should be able to comfortably fit two fingers under the bandage.
