Dressings-Alginate-Biatain

Alginate Dressings are made from seaweed and are used to treat heavily exuding wounds.Alginate dressings can absorb up to 20 times their own weight in fluid. Alginate Dressings are also available in combination with Honey or Silver to treat exuding infected woundsThey are available as a sheet dressing or as a rope dressing for use in cavilty wounds.Alginate dressings are not suitable for use on dry wounds, heavily bleeding wounds and third degree burns.


Biatain® includes an extensive range of foam dressings used for different wound types. Used under the compression bandaging, Biatain Adhesive is polyurethane foam dressing with hydrocolloid adhesive and vapour-permeable film backing. Biatain AG Adhesive is a soft, conformable silver foam dressing that is suitable for bacteria present in infected wounds. Biatain Ag Non-Adhesive is a flexible absorbent polyurethane foam that includes patented silver complex. It releases silver consistently for seven days on the infected wound. Biatain Alginate is a highly absorbent dressing used for moderate to heavy exuding wounds. Biatain Alginate AG contains silver ions that consistently releases for healing exuding wound. Biatain IBU is a non-adhesive absorbent foam dress that has ibuprofen. Other dressings offered by Biatain are non-adhesive dressings, silicone dressings, soft hold dressings, super adhesive dressings, and super non-adhesive dressings.