Hydrocolloid dressing

Cautions:

1. Make sure the wound area is clean and dry before using dressing.

2. Hydrocolloid dressing should be 2cm bigger than the wound area to make sure that dressing could be cover the wound.

3. If the depth of wound Is more than 5mm, it is better to fill the wound with proper material before using hydrocolloid dressing.

4. It is not suitable for wounds with heavy exudates.

5. When the dressing becomes v/hite and swelling, it indicates that dressing should be changed.

6. At the very beginni叩 of using the dressing, wound area maybe enlarged, this is caused by the debridement function of the dressing and it is normal phenomenon.

7. The gel will be formed by the mixture of hydrocolloid molecule and exudates. As it looks like purulence secretion, it would be misunderstood as the wound infection. Just clean it with saline.

& There maybe some smell from the dressing sometimes, and this smell could disappear after cleaning the wound with saline water.

9. Dressing should be changed at once when leakage occured around the dressing.