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A key feature of dressings with Hydrofiber® Technology is the ability to respond to different wound conditions, and respond to changing wound conditions appropriately, through the gelling action. As a result of this action an environment favourable to wound healing is maintained.
In acute, healing wounds, dressings containing Hydrofiber® Technology maintain a moist wound environment.1 In chronic wounds, the gelling action responds to exudate to maintain moisture balance, ensuring the wound is not too wet and not too dry.1
In partial thickness wounds, dressings containing Hydrofiber® Technology respond to the uptake of fibrin, ensuring adherence to the wound to form a protective barrier.2
The addition of silver to Hydrofiber® Technology provides a reservoir of silver ions3,4 inside the dressing. Hydrofiber® Technology responds to changes in the components of wound fluid, through it’s gelling action, with increased silver ion availability “on demand’, as demonstrated in vitro testing.4
 
Hydrofiber® Technology feature
Benefits for dressings with Hydrofiber® Technology
  • Responds to wound conditions*




*By forming a cohesive gel.
† As demonstrated in vitro.

  • Excellent exudate management
  • Helps balance inflammatory agents2
  • Moisture balance
  • Rapid and sustained antimicrobial protection
    (with the addition of ionic silver)4,6,7,†
 

For a simulation of Hydrofiber® Technology responding to wound conditions, please view this video clip.3, 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, 9

References [+]

  1. Bishop SM, Walker M, Rogers AA, Chen WYJ. Moisture Balance: Optimising the wound-dressing interface. J Wound Care. 2003;12:125-128.
  2. Hoekstra MJ, Hermans MH, Richters CD, Dutrieux RP. A histological comparison of acute inflammatory responses with a Hydrofiber or tulle gauze dressing. J. Wound Care. 2002;11(3):113-117.
  3. O'Neill MAA, Vine GJ, Beezer AE, Bishop AH, Hadgraft J, Labetoulle C, Walker M, Bowler PG, 2003. Antimicrobial properties of silver-containing Wound dressings: a microcalorimetric study. Int. J. Pharm. 2003;263:61-68.
  4. Jones SA, Bowler PG, Walker M, Parsons D. Controlling wound bioburden with a novel silver-containing Hydrofiber® dressing.Wound Repair Regen. 2004;12:288–294.
  5. Walker M, Bowler PG, Cochrane CA. In vitro studies to show sequestration of matrix metalloproteinases by silver-containing wound care products. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2007;53(9):18-25.
  6. Bowler PG. Progression toward healing: wound infection and the role of an advanced silver-containing Hydrofiber® dressing. Ostomy Wound Manage. 2003;49(8) Suppl 2-5.
  7. Bowler PG, Jones SA, Walker M, Parsons D. Microbicidal properties of a silver-containing Hydrofiber dressing against a variety of burn wound pathogens. J.Burn Care Rehabil. 2004;25:192–196.
  8. Jones SA, Bowler PG, Walker M. Antimicrobial activity of silver-containing dressings is influenced by dressing conformability with a wound surface. WOUNDS. 2005;17:263-270.
  9. Newman GR, Walker M, Hobot JA, Bowler PG. Visualisation of bacterial sequestration and bactericidal activity within hydrating Hydrofiber® wound dressings. Biomaterials. 2006;27(7):1129-1139.