Wound Care

Wound care is one of the most frequent tasks in GP surgeries, hospitals, care homes and ambulance services – and in workplaces where first aiders treat minor injuries on the spot. The category brings together the disposables for it in three sub-categories.

Plasters and adhesive dressings treat small cuts and grazes: as a roll to cut to length, as waterproof or elastic strips, as fingertip dressings or as an assorted box. Compresses in gauze or non-woven are used to clean and cover wounds, sterile or non-sterile. Bandages – elastic fixation bandages, gauze bandages and non-woven fixation tape on a roll – hold dressings in place. Many items are latex-free according to the product data, and some are CE marked.

Typical applications

• First aid for minor injuries in workplaces, kitchens and workshops
• Restocking first-aid kits and stations
• Cleaning and covering wounds in GP surgeries and A&E
• Dressing changes in hospital and community care
• Fixing compresses on joints and limbs

What to look for when buying

Start by sorting your needs by task: plasters for small wounds that need nothing else; compresses for wounds that must be cleaned or covered more widely; bandages and fixation tape to hold compresses in place.

Sterility and setting come next. Sterile compresses are intended for open wounds; non-sterile non-woven compresses for cleaning and padding. For plasters, the environment guides the choice: waterproof strips for wet workplaces, elastic ones for joints, the roll for wounds of different sizes. Minimum quantities range from 10 assorted boxes to 200 sterile gauze compresses.

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