Cutimed Sorbact Ribbon Gauze: Impregnated cotton gauze for wound filling and packing. Ideal for acute and chronic wounds including contaminated, colonized or infected wounds. Effective against all wound pathogens including MRSA and VRE.
• No cytotoxicity; physically binds and inactivates pathogens without affecting cells involved in wound healing.
• Bound and inactivated pathogens are removed with each dressing change reducing the microbial load and removing one of the principle barriers to wound healing.
• Works outside the microorganism physically binding them together and to the dressing with no chemical or metabolic interactions to which pathogens could develop resistance.
• Non allergic; does not utilize allergy inducing substrates or chemicals to which patients might develop sensitization or allergic reactions.
• Reduces wound odor.