Zetuvit Plus Silicone is a new range of SAP dressings designed for the management of exudate from acute or chronic wounds. Among its main benefits are its ability to manage lesion exudate, the protection it offers against humidity, its effectiveness in eliminating odors, its versatility and the improvement in the patient’s quality of life.
Hartmann expands its product portfolio with the launch of the new range Zetuvit Plus Silicone and Zetuvit Plus Silicone Border, two versions of dressings indicated to cover lesions with damaged skin and in difficult locations. These SAP dressings are effective, convenient, versatile and help improve the quality of life of patients thanks to SAP technology, which enables:
- Effectively control exudate from wounds
- Reduce the frequency of dressing changes
- Reactivate healing
- Retain bacteria reducing the risk of infection
- Remove moisture from the wound
Zetuvit Plus Silicone is the new range of Hartmann SAP dressings designed for the management of exudate from acute or chronic wounds
In addition, avoid the risk of odors and atraumatic changes, since thanks to its silicone layer the change is more comfortable. In addition to improving the quality of life of patients, the use of these dressings allows reduce the cost of treating wounds.
And it is that, according to data from a study carried out by Stephen-Haynes, the use of Zetuvit Plus Silicone in the management of moderately or highly exuding wounds may reduce up to 30% the cost of treatment per patient. Also, he gets a significant reduction of indirect costs such as nursing time or medication treatment to alleviate the effects that inefficient exudate management generates on the perilesional skin (protective creams, steroids, antibiotics, analgesics, etc.).
These dressings are made up of a combination of layers of different materials that serve several functions. The top layer is a semi-permeable polyurethane sheet, which acts as a bacterial barrier and is resistant to fluids, which allows the patient to shower, but is permeable to air. This sheet incorporates a acrylic and hypoallergenic adhesive to conform to difficult or clamping contours, so no additional fixing is required.
The center absorbent pad It contains three layers that absorb and retain a large amount of exudate, thanks to the fact that it contains polyacrylate particles (SAP), while the silicone layer in contact with the wound allows easy application and atraumatic removal. There is also a version without edge indicated for lesions with fragile periwound skin
For this reason, Zetuvit Plus Silicone and Zetuvit Plus Silicone Border dressings are especially indicated for the treatment of wounds with moderate or high exudationsince they improve the quality of life of patients, effectively manage wound care and reduce the costs and times of the treatment itself.