Mefix Adhesive Fabric Dressing, 5cm x 10M

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Mefix is the ideal fixation for dressings, swabs, catheters, and tubes. It provides secure fixation and the adhesive is gentle to the skin. Provide education regarding wound healing, monitoring for signs of infection and scar minimisation strategies, including: Consider consultation with local paediatric team when Consider consultation with surgical/plastics team when Provide adequate pain management, anaesthesia (see anaesthesia in lacerations) and procedural sedation Initial decontamination of the wound with irrigation is of utmost importance and should be performed prior to dressing

Armstrong, D et al. Basic Principles of Wound Management. Up To Date.2020. [updated 12/07/2020] (viewed 10 May 2022). The Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Wound assessment and management: Practice Guideline. https://www.schn.health.nsw.gov.au/_policies/pdf/2014-9040.pdf (viewed 10 May 2022). The porous structure of the nonwoven fabric ensures air and water vapour permeability. The fabric is flexible, conforms well to body contours, and allows body movements when in place. The fabric is non-absorbent and provides a barrier for blood and fluid strikethrough. All wound care including cleaning, irrigation and dressings should be managed with an aseptic technique May require secondary dressing. Not recommended in anaerobic infections. Gel can be confused with slough or pus in wound. Must be removed to monitor wound. Unpleasant odourDuoDERM Extra thin protects the wound, support debridement and are easy to use. They can be moulded and cut to shape so you can treat difficult areas. It is designed to reduce the risk of further skin breakdown by preventing friction from clothes and bedlinen. Use a 20-30 mL syringe with a large bore non bevelled needle filled with 0.9% sodium chloride to slowly irrigate the wound Moisturising creams such as vitamin E, aloe vera and sorbelene can be used to soften scar and make massage easier For emergency advice and paediatric or neonatal ICU transfers, see Retrieval Services Consider discharge when

Allows inspection. Self-adhesive. Some moisture evaporation. Reduces pain. Barrier to external contamination Do not absorb exudate or maintain moisture. Requires secondary dressing. May induce allergy or delay healing when impregnated Shepherd, M & Starship hospital et al. Lacerations and Wound Closure. https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/lacerations-and-wound-closure/ (viewed 10 May 2022). Jones, V et al. Wound dressings. British Medical Journal (Clinical research ed). 2006. 332(7544), p777–780. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7544.777.Indications: Duoderm is incated for minor burns, abrasions, lacerations, post-operative wounds, stage 1-2 pressure ulcers and lightly exuding leg ulcers. underlying nerve, vessel and tendon damage. This requires assessment of movement while exploring the wound (especially in palmar or hand wounds: see "fight bite")