OPSITE Post-Op
Australia & New Zealand's number 1 selling waterproof dressing
Key Features and Benefits:
- Has a high fluid handling capacity and lasts for up to 7 days.
- Waterproof1, enabling you to shower with dressing on.1,2
- Bacteria-proof top film. Top film is a bacterial and viral barrier to protect the site against external contamination, which may help to minimise the risk of infection.3
- OPSITE Post-Op Dressing’s REACTIC hydrophilic polyurethane film has a very high Moisture Vapour Transmission Rate. The top film switches to become more permeable in the presence of fluid.1 OPSITE Post-Op Change Chart No change required No change required Change necessary A benefit of this technology is it allows excess moisture to evaporate, which in turn may help to minimise the risk of skin maceration.1
- Conformable, highly extensible1,4 and made of an ultra-thin breathable film that bends and flexes as you move.
- Features a low allergy adhesive, which helps to minimise the risk of skin irritation.5
PRIMAPORE
Adhesive Non-Woven Wound Dressings
Key Features and Benefits:
- PRIMAPORE Dressing offers an absorbent pad6 for wound protection from cuts and grazes and is designed to stay in place with a well tolerated low allergy adhesive.7
- Adhesive dressing designed to help protect the wound against contamination and maintain a favourable environment for healing.
- Flexible8 and conformable to body contours even on awkward areas (e.g. elbows).6
- Designed to have a low adherent wound contact layer.
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References
- Smith+Nephew 2009. OPSITE POSTOP Dressing Physical Properties. Internal Report. DS/08/149/R3.
- Bhattacharyya M, Bradley H, Holder S, Gerber B. A prospective clinical audit of patient dressing choice for post-op arthroscopy wounds. Wounds UK. 2005;13(4):30-34.
- Smith+Nephew 2018. OPSITE POST-OP Film Bacterial Barrier Justification. Internal Report. RD/18/042.
- Uzun M, Anand S, Shah T. Structural Conformability and Fluid Uptake Properties of Smart Wound Dressings. Adv Skin Wound Care. 2013;80:163-168.
- Smith+Nephew 2018. Low allergy adhesive claims support for OPSITE POST-OP. Internal Report. PSS305
- Smith & Nephew 2018. Non-woven Sample Manufacture Report for design verification testing and commercial evaluation. Internal Report. C3188/R3.
- Smith & Nephew 2018. Low allergy adhesive claims for CUTIPLAST Steril and CUTIPLAST Plus Steril. Internal Report. PSS325.
- Smith & Nephew 2018. Verification testing of Usability related Design Inputs for Cutplast (Sterile), Cutiplast Plus and Cicaplaie. Internal Report. U/043/R2.