Description
Acticoat Flex is a knitted, flexible polyester weave, coated with nanocrystalline silver.
Features:
Sustained (3 or 7 day) antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of wound pathogens including MRSA & Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Rapidly kills bacteria in as little as thirty minutes.
Soft and highly flexible with stretch properties.
Allows exudate transport through the dressing.
Contraindications / Precautions:
Contraindications
• Do not use on patients with a known sensitivity to silver
• Do not use on a patient undergoing MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) examination
• Prior to administering radiation therapy, remove Acticoat Flex. A new dressing can be applied following treatment.
Precautions
• Acticoat Flex is not compatible with oil-based products, such as petrolatum.
• Avoid contact with electrodes or conductive gels during electronic measurements e.g. EEG and ECG.
• For external use only, for example do not apply the dressing to exposed organs.
• Acticoat Flex should only be used on premature infants (less than 37 weeks gestation) when the clinical benefit outweighs the potential risks.
• Acticoat Flex is not intended to provide sole treatment for infected wounds.
• Acticoat Flex may be used on infected wounds which are being managed per local clinical protocol.
