Granuflex Extra Thin 15x15cm - hydrocolloid dressing 1 piece

Granuflex® Extra Thin is a hydrocolloid dressing for chronic wounds in the final stage of their healing (venous leg ulcers, pressure sores, diabetic ulcers). Granuflex® Extra Thin dressings are used for the treatment of minor wounds.

Size: 15x15cm - 1 piece

Characteristic:
Granuflex® Extra Thin is a self-adhesive hydrocolloid dressing. It provides an appropriate, favoring healing, moist wound healing environment. It is translucent, which makes it easy to put on and allows you to observe the healing process, thus limiting the amount of dressing changes to the minimum necessary. It is thin, flexible and waterproof, which greatly enhances the comfort of its use. It can be used on all parts of the body, including those hard to dress. Significantly reduces the risk of damage to the newly formed tissue.

Usage*:

As a primary dressing:

• Chronic, shallow, dry wounds, with low/moderate exudate (venous ulcers on the background of venous and arterial insufficiency, bed sores, diabetic foot syndrome)
• Acute, dry wounds, with low/moderate exudate (intermittent skin thickness (I-II grade) and transplant skin grafts, skin abrasions, post-traumatic wounds, surgical wounds).
  

As a secondary dressing:

• It can be used in all types of wounds, including deep ones, having previously been filled with properly selected primary dressings, eg AQUACEL®, AQUACEL® Ag, Granuflex® Pasta or GranuGEL®.
• In case of wounds with dry and liquefactive necrosis (in shallow wounds - as primary dressing, in deep wounds - as secondary).
• In the case of neglected lesions colonized by microorganisms, with symptoms of critical colonization or infection, it may be used only as a dressing for secondary bactericidal dressings, for example AQUACEL® Ag.

Directions for use:

• Review the status of the wound.
• Rinse thoroughly with 0.9% NaCl or Rigner Fluid.
• In case of wounds suspected of bacterial colonization, use a safe antiseptic preparation in addition to rinsing.
• If necessary, clean the wound from necrotic tissue.
• Then dry the skin thoroughly around the wound.
• Measure the surface of the wound.
• Always measure where the wound is the largest.
• Match the dressing so that it is bigger than the wound. Should be kept a margin of at least 2 cm outside the wound area, then the dressings will adhere well to the skin around the wound and create a closed healing environment.
• Dressing should be applied directly to a cleaned and drained wound or used as a secondary dressing to cover another dressing.
  

Applying Granuflex® Extra Thin dressing:

• Remove the protective paper from the contact layer of the dressing, while avoiding touching the surface.
• Gently and without pulling, stretch the bandage over the wound surface.
• Apply dressing to the right place and hold for 30 seconds to ensure good adhesion.
• Sometimes, after the first changes of dressing, the wound may appear to be enlarged, but this is not a negative symptom, it is a symptom of necrotic tissue cleansing.
• Granuflex® Extra Thin should be changed according to clinical needs, but can be kept on the wound for no longer than 7 days (the signal to change the dressing is when the amount of exudate collected under the dressing is greater than its absorbency, or a bladder/bulge will approach the edges of the dressing or leakage appears).
  

Removal of Granuflex® Extra Thin dressing:

• Press the skin with your hand and carefully lift the corner of the dressing.
• Then pull in the horizontal direction - until the final removal (the dressing will stretch).
• In the case of delicate skin remove the dressing gradually, from one corner, to complete removal, using a saline solution or sterile water.
• If necessary, gently wash the wound with physiological saline solution or sterile water to remove the remaining gel.

Producer: Convatec