Calcium Alginate Rope

Mckesson calcium alginate rope dressing is a sterile primary dressing that can be cut to fit wounds with moderate to heavy exudate while maintaining a moist wound environment.

Calcium alginate rope.

The purpose of calcium alginate is to combine with wound drainage to form a gel in the moist wound bed. Prepare an alginate dressing which has been precut and shaped according to the size shape and location of the wound site. If you are using a rope alginate dressing gently fill the wound with rope by fluffing and layering the dressing back and forth into the wound site. The sheets are available in various sizes and are used for shallow wounds.

They are either applied directly or soaked in a saline solution before application. Place the alginate dressing over the wound. They can also be used on dry wounds when combined with a sterile saline solution made from natural alginate fibers derived from brown seaweed calcium. Medvance tm alginate calcium alginate dressing 12 rope box of 5 dressings 7 99 1 60 1 count in stock.

Calcium alginate is a substance formed from seaweed and used in specialized wound dressings. Calcium alginate dressings come in two forms. Activheal alginate fibres are naturally haemostatic. The rope or ribbon shaped dressings are recommended for deep wounds and are packed into the wound itself.

Alginate fibres are biodegradable 1 therefore any residual fibres that remain after a dressing change pose no risk to patient safety.