WOUND CARE PRODUCTS

Question 1

made from seaweed absorb exudate, autolytic debridement, available in pads/ropes

melgisorb alginates/aquacel

Answer 1

alginate dressings

Question 2

impregneated with silver, iodine, polyhexethelene that protect against bacteria, usually combine in another product, comes in many forms

silvasorb gel

Answer 2

antimicrobial dressings

Question 3

usually bovine or avian collagen, promote wound healing by stimulating the deposit of collagen fibers, available in sheets, pads particles, gels

cellerate powder

Answer 3

collagen dressings

Question 4

combines 2 or more types of dressings in one, must include physical barrier, absorptive layer, semi/nonadherent layer

tegaderm

Answer 4

composite dressings

Question 5

woven or perforated material, NON ADHERENT, applied directly to the wound, can use with topicals and must have cover layer

mepitel or xeroform

Answer 5

contact layer dressings

Question 6

absorbant, polymer dressing, can wick away exudent but keeps wound moist

allevyn foam

Answer 6

foam dressings

Question 7

made with water or glycerin base, hydrates wounds, softens necrotic tissue for autolytic debridement

cursor gel
amerigel

Answer 7

hydrogel dressing

Question 8

made of polyurethane, adhere to skin and maintain moist wound environment

opsite

Answer 8

transparent film dressings

Question 9

enzymatic debridement, only one on the market, digest collagen in necrotic tissue

Answer 9

santyl ointment or collagenase

Question 10

consists of glucose oxidase and peotosprumun honey, antibacterial properties low, low pH, highly osmotic that helps with debridement

medihoney

Answer 10

honey therapy

Question 11

available in pastes, granules, powders, beads, and gels

provide moist wound healing, absorb exudate, autolytic debridement by softening necrotic tissue

lodoflex

Answer 11

wound fillers

Question 12

natural extracellular matrix with 3-D structure that acts as a scaffold for the tissue remodeling

porcine intestine

Answer 12

oasis

Question 13

multiple factors being evaluated for wound healing

like regranex and platelet rich plasma

Answer 13

growth factor therapy

Question 14

this is a dermal repair scaffold

derived from fetal bovine dermis

used in OR and office/wound center

• TIII collagen
• other growth factors

Answer 14

primatrix

Question 15

what are the bioengineered products/live cell tech?

Answer 15

apligraf

dermagraft
-wound bed prep

Question 16

bilayered skin equivalent with epidermal and dermal layer cells, neonatal foreskin, type I bovine collagen that contains fibroblast

Answer 16

apligraf

Question 17

cryopreserved human fibroblast derived dermal skin substitute on vicryl base, neonatal foreskin

Answer 17

dermagraft