What is Xeroform petrolatum dressing used for?
What is Xeroform petrolatum dressing used for?
Xeroform is used to cover and protect low to non-exudating wounds. Xeroform is an occlusive dressing that keeps air out, which can help to protect the area while also promoting a moist environment for healing. Xeroform uses include protecting donor sites, lacerations, burns, abrasions, and skin graft sites.
How many days can Xeroform stay on a wound?
May be kept in place for up to one week and changed as needed for leaking or prior to discharge from hospital.
Is Xeroform good for infected wounds?
Xeroform® Occlusive Dressing is intended for use as a primary contact layer in dressing wounds such as lacerations, skin graft recipient sites, newly sutured wounds, abrasions and minor or partial-thickness burns….HCPCS Code: A6224.
| Antimicrobial format available | |
|---|---|
| Usable on infected wounds | |
| Variety of sizes | ● |
Is Xeroform an antibiotic?
Bismuth, similar to other metals, has antimicrobial properties. Xeroform® has been used for decades in burn and plastic surgery as a donor site dressing and as a covering for wounds or partial thickness burns. Despite this, the antimicrobial spectrum of Xeroform® remains largely unknown.
Does Xeroform promote healing?
Use Xeroform Gauze Wound Dressing with Petrolatum to cover and protect low to non-exudating wounds. These wounds include donor sites, lacerations, burns, abrasions, and skin graft sites. The non-adherent design is excellent for maintaining a moist wound environment, while promoting healing.
When should you not use Xeroform?
Stop using Xeroform when your doctor tells you to, or when your skin is healed. Healed skin is pink and dry without any fluid draining from it.
Does Xeroform prevent infection?
Xeroform is biocompatible, reduces infection, and enhances healing of burn wounds by preventing desiccation and mechanical trauma.
What is Xeroform dressing used for?
How often do you need to change Xeroform dressing?
Is Xeroform same as adaptic?
xeroform. ADAPTIC – Non-adhering dressing protects the fragile tissue in wounds by its unique structure with small mesh size, preventing tissue adherence to either the ADAPTIC dressing or the secondary dressing on top of it. The mesh allows for exudate to easily pass through to easily
Where to buy Xeroform dressing?
Xeroform™ is an advanced wound care gauze concealed in an easy to open package. Bismuth Tribromophenate is available on our medical website. Xeroform™ dressing is designed for all practitioners who require wound care products in clinics, operating rooms, surgicenters, physician’s offices and burn units.
What is the difference between Xeroform and Vaseline gauze?
Light to medium exudate wounds
