New AQUACEL Ag Dressing features Hydrofiber Technology
15 May '09
4 min read
About new AQUACEL Ag Ribbon Dressings... AQUACEL Ag Dressing with Strengthening Fiber is composed of a nonwoven Hydrofiber web (as per AQUACEL Ag) that is reinforced with lyocell yarn stitch bonded in both vertical and horizontal directions.
In vitro testing demonstrates that new AQUACEL Ag ribbon dressing is 20 times stronger with 25% less shrinkage, compared to the original AQUACEL Ag ribbon dressing.(1)
AQUACEL Ag Dressings with Strengthening Fiber are an ideal partner in the management of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) infections...
According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the estimated number of patients in the U.S. developing invasive MRSA infections in 2005 was 94,360. Approximately 85 percent of those infections were associated with health care delivery and approximately 14 percent of those infections occurred in persons without obvious exposures to health care.(10)
A separate study among patients in the emergency room, reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, noted that MRSA infection was found in approximately 61 percent of abscesses.(11)
ConvaTec is a leading developer and marketer of innovative medical technologies that have helped improve the lives of millions of people worldwide. With four key business divisions -- Ostomy Care, Wound Therapeutics, Continence and Critical Care and Infusion Devices -- ConvaTec products support health care professionals from the hospital to the community health setting.
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