Dressings-Alginate-Medihoney

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.


Medihoney™ is a range of medical-grade honey-based products with Active Leptospermum Honey that is mainly designed for management of wounds and burns. These dressings have all the properties that are essential for different phases of wound healing. They contain manuka honey that is known for its antimicrobial properties. Medihoney products range include Medihoney antibacterial medical honey, Medihoney antibacterial wound gel, Medihoney Apinate dressings and Medihoney gel sheet dressings, and others. They are used by clinicians for the management of acute, chronic and stalled wounds and burns, so that they can remove necrotic and tissue more effectively. They are suitable for treating pressure ulcers, malodorous wounds, leg ulcers, infected wounds, and mild to moderate exuding wounds.