Dressings-Alginate-Tegaderm

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.


Tegaderm® is a transparent film dressing that is used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds. It maintains a healing environment for the wound. The comfortable dressing flexes with skin to offer great patient comfort. The picture frame design enables one-handed application of the dressing. The dressing has a breathable, transparent film and allows the exchange of moisture and oxygen. It is made with a hypoallergenic adhesive that doesn’t contain any natural rubber latex and is gentle on the skin. The dressing is sterile and waterproof. It also acts as a viral and bacterial barrier to protect getting contaminated from the outside. The transparency allows the monitoring of I.V. sites without the removal of the dressing. Tegaderm dressing is available in a wide range of sizes and variants.