Coloplast gives nurses a third hand

No more difficult dressing changes for nurses when compression bandaging patients with leg sores or diabetic foot ulcers.

Introducing Biatain Soft-Hold foam dressing from Coloplast. An advanced wound dressing coated with a mild, skin-friendly adherent layer that fastens easily and stays in place while applying compression bandaging.

At the same time, wound exudate can easily penetrate the adhesive layer, thus allowing for more effective retention by the dressing; this creates a moist environment, promoting faster wound healing for the patient. Patient pain during dressing change is also minimised, as the dressing does not adhere to the wound.

 

Biatain Soft-Hold - A third hand

Finn Ketler, manager of Coloplast’s Wound Care unit, says, "Nurses have told us that it is difficult for them to keep the dressing in place while at the same time using a compression bandage on a patient. The nurses were actually looking for a third hand and asked us whether we couldn’t combine Biatain dressing with a gentle fastening layer so the bandage stays in place - before the compression bandage is put on. Without compromising the dressing’s abilities to absorb leakage from the wound. That’s how the idea of Biatain Soft-Hold arose."

Biatain Soft-Hold can be left in place for up to seven days before necessitating a dressing change and is mainly for the treatment of chronic wounds such as leg wounds, diabetic foot and bedsores that require professional treatment.

 

Faster wound healing with modern dressings

Modern dressings such as Biatain Soft-Hold, maintain the moistness of the wound while simultaneously allowing it to breathe. This decreases the need for frequent dressing changes (as is the case with gauze bandages), because modern dressings absorb wound exudate without drying them out. Coloplasts selection include products that contain hydrocolloid, hydrogel, foam, alginate and active substances such as silver which is bactericidal.

Biatain Soft-Hold has already been successfully launched in Germany, Switzerland and Denmark and will be launched in other territories at the end of the year.