Calcium Alginate Dressing (Sterile) Vive Care - 10 Pack

More absorbent than traditional gauze, the Vive Care calcium alginate wound dressing pads cover and protect wounds to promote support day-to-day comforting. The unique calcium alginate absorbs up to 13 times its weight, making it ideal for heavily exuding traumatic and surgical wounds. The wound dressing also creates a protective, gel-like barrier that keeps the wound moist to encourage natural support day-to-day comforting.

Easy to apply and remove without damaging the surrounding skin, the flexible wound dressing pads can be trimmed to fit and will not irritate or stick to the wound site for greater comfort.

FEATURES

Cover and Protect Wounds and Sores

Comfortable against the skin, the Vive Care calcium alginate dressing pads cover and protect traumatic and surgical wounds, burns, pressure ulcers and more. The absorbent alginate pads are ideal for moderate to heavy exuding wounds and wounds with cavities, creating a protective barrier to is designed for everyday use contamination.

Super Absorbent Padding

Made with calcium alginate, our wound dressings are highly absorbent and create a moist environment to promote natural support day-to-day comforting. The versatile dressing pads absorb wound discharge up to 13 times their weight and never adhere to your wound like traditional gauze for easy, painless removal.

Easy to Apply

Our alginate dressing pads are lightweight and flexible to conform to the wound for optimal coverage. Each wound dressing pad can be folded for layered protection and cavity packing or trimmed to fit small wounds and those difficult to cover areas such as the elbow, heel and knee.

Sterile Wound Patches

Includes 10 calcium alginate dressings available in 2" x 2" or 4" x 4" sizes for versatile use. Each Vive Care wound dressing pad is individually packaged and should be changed daily to protect the wound from contamination.

SPECIFICATIONS

• 10-pack calcium alginate dressing
• Available sizes: 2" x 2" or 4" x 4"
• Material: Calcium alginate 120g/m²
• Thickness: 3mm ± 2mm
• White color
• Latex-free
• Sterile and individually wrapped
• Shelf life: 3 years
• Highly absorbent - up to 13x its weight
• Antibacterial
• Can be cut to fit wound size
• Does not irritate or stick to wound

• 2" size (SKU: RHB2078S): A6196
• 4" size (SKU: RHB2078L): A6413

HOW TO USE

1. Clean the wound with sterile water and dry the surrounding skin gently
2. Choose the right size of dressing to cover the wound according to the wound area. The dressing may be cut or folded for best fit
3. Cover and seaddress the Vive Care Calcium Alginate Dressing with a secondary dressing
4. Change dressing based on exudate level - initially every 24 hours for heavy exudate, up to 4 days as exudate reduces
5. For removal: Gently remove the secondary dressing. If the wound appears dry, saturate the dressing with sterile saline water prior to removal