How to choose elastic wound dressing?
 Feb 18, 2020|View:504

Several factors should to be considered in elastic wound dressing selection:

1. Absorptivity and absorptivity

2. permeability

3. noninvasive

4. security

elastic wound dressing

Principle of wound dressing selection:

1. It can reduce the number of dressing changes.

2. Accelerate wound healing.

3. Save nursing time and reasonable price

4. No stimulation and any adverse reactions.

5. It has good adhesion, fast and firm adhesion with the wound bed, and does not fall off when moving.


Standard of an ideal dressing

1. It is impervious to water and can control water evaporation. It has a water evaporation rate similar to that of normal skin.

2. It can keep the physiological environment of the wound and prevent dryness.

3. It is conducive to the shedding and removal of necrotic tissue, keeping the wound base clean and reducing the risk of infection.

4. Absorb too much exudate, which is good for drainage and deodorization.

5. Keeping the wound temperature at about 28-32 ℃ is good for cell migration and granulation tissue formation.

6. Good compliance, convenient and time-saving, easy to remove without damage to granulation tissue, no pain.

7. It is comfortable to prevent scratches, protect wounds from microbial invasion and play a role of barrier protection.

8. Reduce the loss of heat, protein, and electrolyte through the wound.

9. It does not interfere with the normal healing mechanism of the wound and has no occupying side effects.

10. It is resistant to the enzyme and can be stable on various wound surfaces.

11. Safe, non-toxic, no allergic effect or other adverse reactions.

12. It is convenient to store and transport. It can be stored at room temperature, sterilized, packed independently, opened for use.


Up to now, there is not a kind of dressing that can be applied to all kinds of wound surfaces in different periods. Each dressing has its advantages, disadvantages, and indications. Therefore, in wound care, we must regularly evaluate the wound, be familiar with the characteristics of various dressings and their application scope, types and healing stages, and comprehensively consider the selection of dressings that can play the best role in combination with the economic ability and subjective wishes of patients.


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