Ferris PolyMem Shapes Tube Dressing is designed and cut specifically to ensure maximum comfort for the patient with tube sites. It helps in situations where tube sites need regular care and inspection to prevent complications like irritation, inflammation, maceration, hypergranulation, and infection. The unique combination of a surfactant and glycerol contained in a flexible, soft foam dressing allows for optimal peri-tube skin management.

Features

• Absorbs secretions
• Easy for patients to use
• Supports rapid healing of damaged skin
• Helps clean peri-stomal area, for easier manual cleansing
• Provides comfort with anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effects
• Gentle, non-fibrous and non-adherent for use on the most delicate skin

PolyMem Shapes Tube Dressing Benefits

• Shapes by PolyMem can effectively replace:
  • Polyurethane or Silicone Foams
  • Hydrogels by moistening with sterile water or saline
  • Hydrocolloids
  • Transparent Films
  • Gauze and Traditional Dressings
• Ferris PolyMem Shapes Tube Site Dressing is non-irritating
• Prevents rashes and reduces odors
• Promotes a healing environment
• Includes fenestrated pad
• Provides comfort around tube sites
• Provides pain-free dressing changes
• Facilitates healing
• Reduces patient discomfort and dressing change time
• Reduces cost of materials
• Continuously cleans and reduces odor
• Latex free

How do PolyMem Wound Dressings Work?

• Provide continuous wound bed cleansing: The dressing contains a mild, tissue-friendly cleansing agent that is activated by moisture, drainage and/or exudate and is gradually released into the wound bed. This reduces interfacial tension between healthy tissue and debris, loosens eschar and necrotic tissue and supports autolytic debridement all while keeping the wound bed clean throughout healing.
• Encourage wound comfort and improved healing: Glycerin (also known as glycerol), a moisturizer contained in the dressing, keeps the dressing from adhering to the wound bed and provides comfort at the wound site. Glycerin also reduces odor, conserves living fat cells, reduces hypergranulation, soothes traumatized tissues and supports autolytic debridement.
• Offer impressive wound wicking power: The polyurethane membrane matrix wicks away up to ten times its weight in exudate. It removes in one piece and will not fragment. The superabsorbent pad takes in and binds the water molecules from the wound fluid, allowing the natural growth factors and nutrients to concentrate in the wound bed.
• Provide both a liquid barrier and gas exchange: The semipermeable thin film backing provides a liquid barrier while allowing gas (O2 and CO2) exchange and maintaining an ideal Moisture Vapor Transmission Rate (MVTR) in order to optimize the appropriate moisture balance for healing the wound. The transparent film backing allows visual inspection of the membrane to determine the need for a dressing change.

PolyMem Shapes Tube Dressing Indications:

• PEG and other gastrostomy sites
• Suprapubic catheter sites
• Tracheostomies and laryngectomies
• Other long and short-term tube sites

How To Use PolyMem Shapes Dressing?

Application Instructions:

1. Initial Dressing Application: Prepare the wound according to the protocol or as directed by a physician or other ordering clinician.
2. Select a PolyMem Shapes tube dressing so that the membrane is approximately 1/4" 2" (0.6 5 cm) larger than the wound. Helpful Hint: For dry wounds, moisten dressing slightly with sterile water or saline prior to application.
3. Apply the dressing film side out and/or printed side out. The dramatic increase in wound fluid may be observed during the first few days. This is not uncommon and indicates that the dressing is working. Helpful Hint: Outlining the wound size on the outside of the dressing helps in determining when a dressing change is needed.
4. Keep the dressing dry and in place when bathing. Change the dressing if it gets wet.
5. Topical treatments are not recommended in conjunction with PolyMem family of dressings.

Dressing Change:

1. Change dressings before the wound fluid, visible through the dressing, reaches the wound margin. Change the dressing immediately if the wound fluid reaches the edge of the membrane pad. For mildly exudating wounds in otherwise healthy patients, dressing can be left on for a recommended maximum of seven days. As with other dressings, more frequent changes may be indicated if the patient has a compromised immune system, diabetes, or infection at the wound site.
2. Gently pull the dressing towards the center.
3. Remove the dressing from the wound site. The PolyMem formulated pad will not adhere to the wound bed, usually assuring pain-free dressing changes.
4. Do not disturb the wound bed. Do not clean the wound bed or flush with saline or water unless the wound is infected or contaminated. PolyMem Shapes tube dressings contain a wound cleanser and leave no residue. Additional cleaning of the wound may injure regenerating tissue and delay wound healing. The intact skin around the wound may be cleansed while leaving the wound bed undisturbed.
5. Apply a new dressing