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Askina Calgitrol
The B. Braun Askina Calgitrol range are silver antimicrobial dressings, designed to provide sustained and conformable treatment for infected wounds in the NHS.
Wound infections can compromise the healing process, with significant negative impacts on health-relating quality of life. [1] [2]
Infected wounds cause a considerable burden to the healthcare system, bear the risk of amputation and sepsis [3], while delaying wound healing.
It is important to find the best strategy to prevent, diagnose and manage wound infections.
More than
0%
of chronic wounds are estimated to be infected.[4,5]
The wound infection continuum looks at the different stages of wound infection progressing from initial contamination up to sepsis [6] [7], which can support the best strategy to prevent diagnose and manage wound infection.
Silver dressings are available in different forms. The choice of dressing depends on the wound and patient, e.g. exudate levels, wound depth, need for conformability, odour control, ease of removal and safety.
A silver alginate paste. Highly conformable, not only for small tunnels and sinuses, but suitable for all wound types like Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFU) and Venous Leg Ulcers (VLU).
An antimicrobial silver dressing combined with reinforced fiber, for superficial highly exuding wounds.