Askina® DresSil

Foam dressing with silicone adhesive

Askina® DresSil is a self adherent foam dressing with soft silicone adhesive on one side and a vapour permeable waterproof film on the other. It combines the absorption capacity of the foam with the soft adhesion of the silicone contact layer.

Advantages

  • Gentle and secure adherence
  • Minimized trauma during dressing changes (1)
  • Significant absorption capacity
  • Easy to use
  • Good conformability on difficult-to-dress areas and skin contours
  • Repositionnable, can be cut to shape
  • Improves patient comfort
  • Hypoallergenic

Indication

Indicated for the management of moderately exuding, partial to full thickness wounds such as: pressure ulcers, venous leg ulcers, arterial leg ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, 1st and 2nd degree burns, donor sites, skin tears and difficult to dress areas

 

(1) Thomas S Atraumatic dressings. WorldWide Wounds, 2003

Silicone adhesive

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