Allevyn Life is a unique five layer foam dressing that absorbs fluid and re-distributes pressure more evenly than traditional foam dressings. This multi-layered dressing creates a moist healing environment and helps prevent the wound against the bacterial infection. It redistributes pressure more uniformly than common foam dressings. It stays in place and lets the patient take a bath with the dressing on.

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What are Allevyn Life Dressings?

ALLEVYN Life Dressings are advanced wound management product having a multi-layered design. It combines a hydrocellular foam, highly absorbent lack away core, change indicator, and masking layer. It comes in different shapes to treat wounds on your heel and sacral area. It is available in different sizes:

  • Allevyn Life Dressings 10.3cm x 10.3cm Pack Size10
  • Allevyn Life Dressings 12.9cm x 12.9cm Pack Size10
  • Allevyn Life Dressings 15.4cm x 15.4cm Pack Size10
  • Allevyn Life Dressings 21cm x 21cm Pack Size10
  • Allevyn Life Sacrum Dressings 17.2cm x 17.5cm Pack Size 10
  • Allevyn Life Sacrum Dressings 21.6cm x 23cm Pack Size 10
  • Allevyn Life Heel Dressings 25cm x 25.2cm Pack Size 5

Benefits of Allevyn Life Dressings

  • Feature a unique shape to conform to the body for dressing retention and ease of bathing
  • Help to provide cushioning to the wound
  • Shield the wound from bumps and knocks
  • Little to no pain while changing the dressing
  • Avoid leakage of exudate
  • Prevents unnecessary dressing changes; minimizes wastage
  • Masking layer reduces the visible effect of the strike through

Where to use Allevyn Life Dressings?

  • Thin, granulating wounds
  • Acute and chronic exudative wounds
  • Leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers and other complete or partial
  • thickness wounds
  • Surgical wounds
  • Skin tears
  • Malignant wounds
  • Fungating ulcers
  • Donor sites
  • First and second-degree burns

Where not to use Allevyn Life Dressings?

Do not use these dressings with oxidizing agents like hydrogen peroxide or hypochlorite solutions (such as EUSOL)

Precautions to be taken before using Allevyn Life Dressings

Discontinue the use of Allevyn Life Dressing if sensitization or reddening happens
Using with oxidizing agents can break down the dressings absorbent polyurethane component

Wound care is a premier retailer of wound bandages and dressings. Check out the website- Wound-Care.co.uk for more details.