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3M™ Silvercel™ Non-Adherent Antimicrobial Alginate Dressing with Easylift™ Precision Film Technology [1]

3M™ Silvercel™ Non-Adherent Antimicrobial Alginate Dressing with Easylift™ Precision Film Technology is a non-woven pad composed of alginate, carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) and silver-coated nylon fibers with a non-adherent wound contact layer. Features EASYLIFT™ Precision Film Technology.

3M Health Care [2]

3M Health Care, with newly-acquired KCI, focuses on providing better care through patient-centered science, helping transform patient outcomes by stewarding skin, reducing the risk of preventable complications and restoring lives.

Website: 
www.3m.com/KCI
Toll-free: 
(800) 228-3957
Fax: 
(800) 728-0959
Benefits: 

• Provides a sustained release of silver ions for up to seven days
• Effective against a broad spectrum of wound pathogens
• Effectively prevents biofilms in vitro
• Manages low to highly exuding wounds
• Helps maintain a moist wound environment beneficial to wound healing
• Allows intact and pain-free removal, thus minimizing the risk of dressing adherence to the wound bed and fibers shedding
• Suitable for use under compression

Indications: 

3M™ Silvercel™ Non-Adherent Antimicrobial Alginate Dressing with Easylift™ Precision Film Technology is an effective barrier to bacterial penetration. The barrier functions of the dressing may help reduce infection in moderate to heavily exuding partial- and full-thickness wounds, including: pressure ulcers, venous ulcers, diabetic ulcers, donor sites and traumatic and surgical wounds.

Warnings and Precautions: 

Indicated for external use only.

How Supplied/Sizing: 
1"x12", 2"x2", 4"x8", 4(1/4)"x4(1/4)".
HCPCS Code (text): 
A6196, A6197, A6199
Recommended Use: 

Arterial Ulcers
Burns
Donor Sites
Infected Wounds
Moderate/Highly Exudating Wounds
Pressure Ulcers
Surgical Wounds

Clinically Tested: 

Latex-friendly

Product features: 
Absorptive dressing format
Alginate dressing format●
Antimicrobial effects up to 48 hours
Antimicrobial effects up to 3 days
Antimicrobial effects up to 7 days●
Bacterial binding
Bacterial trapping
Bactericidal●
Bactericidal broad-spectrum
Bacteriostatic
Collagen dressing format
Composite dressing format
Contact layer dressing format
Foam dressing format
Fungicidal
Gauze or non-woven dressing format
Gelling fiber dressing format
Hydrogel (amorphous) dressing format
Hydrogel (impregnated) dressing format
Hydrogel (sheet) dressing format
Impermeable to outside contaminants
Impregnated dressing format
Microbicidal
Moisture vapor permeable
Secondary dressing required●
Silicone-based adhesive
Sporicidal
Super absorbent polymers
Sustained release formula●
Transparent film dressing format
Virucidal
Wound filler dressing format
Other features: 
Educational Material Available●
Free Samples/Trials Available●
Published Clinical Article Available●
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