Hydrocolloid dressing
The moist wound treatment is also called the ideal wet, modern, active (interactive, hydroactive between active ) Wound Care and comes with secondary healing wounds (mostly hospital care ), chronic wounds (mostly outpatient nursing care) and also in primary healing wounds (primary healing ) for use.
Objectives and process of moisture wound treatment
The aim of moist wound treatment is to ensure an ideal healing environment by protecting the wound from drying, cooling and invading germs to create, and the free exchange of gases and water vapor. Any wound treatment is the recognition, treatment and - if possible - the elimination of the underlying causes, such as a possible underlying disease progressing. The wound treatment begins with cleansing of the wound, followed by the provision of appropriate wound dressings. The documentation of the activities carried out completes the work process.
Wound dressings moist wound healing
In contrast to traditional dry wound treatment in which the materials of the supply as carriers of drugs used, the wound dressings of modern moist wound treatment itself act as a therapeutic agent, for example by getting the desired moist environment of the wound. Some of the products that come in this form of care used, go beyond this claim, as they will influence the healing process directly.
Active wound dressings
Such active wound dressings to promote wound healing, for example, by introducing or stimulating the body's own production of collagen or growth factors, or - for example through contained silver - fight inflammatory processes. Some of the coming in of moist wound care dressings for use by act contained drugs and are therefore not classified as medical devices, but also - at least partially - as a drug to be seen. Main reason for this are the estimates and information provided by the manufacturer. With regard to the protection of patients, the practice, products that have a significant drug content, is to bring the less stringent stipulations of the Medical Devices Act in traffic, viewed critically.
Product selection
The selection of wound dressing is based on several factors, for example, the wound stage, therefore, the dry wound dressing materials supply can be used. Wound dressings that are typically used in the moist wound treatment are:
- Hydro Active wound dressings such as alginates, hydrocolloids, gels, polymeric films and semipermeable wound
- Interactive wound dressings such as collagen and gelatin-containing wound dressings and wound therapeutics with hyaluronic acid
- Wound dressings that act against odor and bacteria, such as polyhexanide, silver and carbonaceous, as well as hydrophobic wound dressings