Product Overview
From the beginning ALLEVYN was designed to respond to the human body. ALLEVYN Non-Adhesive was the first ALLEVYN variant, launched in 1987 it combined patient comfort with the revolutionary trilayer fluid management system that enables moist wound healing.
ALLEVYN Non-Adhesive has stood the test of time and continues to be an essential for patients and clinicians all over the world.
• Unique triple action technology effectively manages fluid to create a moist wound healing environment
• Highly breathable top film helps to minimise the risk of maceration to the wound and periwound
• Non-adherent wound contact layer means the dressing is suitable for use on fragile and sensitive skin including epidermolysis bullosa wounds
• Soft and comfortable for the patient and conformable to challenging body areas
• Specific Heel “cup” dressing designed to conform to this awkward area
• Easy to apply and remove
• Provides an effective barrier function to exogenous bacteria as well as helping to prevent fluid and bacterial strikethrough
• Wide range of sizes that can be cut to suit different body contours
• Suitable for use under compression bandaging
• ALLEVYN Heel can contribute to a pressure relieving protocol when used prophylactically
ALLEVYN Non-Adhesive dressings are indicated for use on:
• Shallow, granulating wounds
• Chronic and acute exudative wounds
• Full and partial thickness wounds such as pressure ulcers, leg ulcers and diabetic foot ulcers
• Infected wounds
• Malignant wounds
• Surgical wounds
• First and second degree burns
• Donor sites
• Fungating ulcers
• Oncological Wounds
• Epidermolysis bullosa wounds
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