Cutimed Alginate is a calcium sodium alginate (80% calcium and 20% sodium) made out of natural seaweed. The alginate component enables the dressing to absorb up to 20 times its own weight in exudate. Cutimed Alginate offers a broad performance spectrum, but is particularly useful for moderate to heavily exuding wounds, shallow wounds, lesions with rough edges, or deeper sites that are hard to dress.
Cutimed Alginate ? mode of action
The exchange of calcium ions within the dressing with sodium ions, which are present in the exudate, transforms the alginate into a moist gel.
- Facilitates moist wound healing by maintaining a moist environment
- Has haemostatic properties due to calcium ion release from the alginate dressing in contact with body fluids
- Reduces risk of maceration only one layer of exudate is maintained at the wound surface but excess exudate is absorbed
- Helps to clean the wound bacteria are trapped in the gel formed by the exudate absorbed and are then removed during dressing change
Cutimed Alginate ? user benefits
- Easily cut to size customisable application
- Highly flexible fibres conform to every wound base
- Excellent wet integrity easily removed intact
Cutimed Alginate ? patient comfort
Retains exudate in gel
- reduces leakage risk
- keeps patient as active as possible
Wet integrity enables
- rapid dressing changes
- minimal patient discomfort
High absorption
- reduces number of dressing changes
Indications
Wound characteristics:
- Moderate to heavily exuding wounds
- Shallow and deep wounds
Chronic wounds, such as:
- Venous ulcer
- Pressure ulcer
- Arterial ulcer
- Diabetic ulcer
Acute wounds, such as:
- Skin donor sites
- Abrasions and lacerations
- Superficial and partial thickness burns
NOTE: We recommend Fixomull transparent and Leukomed T as secondary dressings.
Cutimed Alginate advantages
- Maintains a moist environment
- Fast gelling
- Highly absorbent
- Retains the exudate in a gel
- Excellent wet integrity
