Medline Puracol Plus Collagen Dressing

Why to Choose Puracol Collagen Dressing?

• Triple-helix format helps restore chemical balance in the wound bed facilitating the give-n-take magnetism of a healing wound
• Highly absorbent material converts to soft gel sheet that stays in intimate contact with wound bed as it absorbs exudate
• Fibroblasts recognize this structure as naturally behaving normally producing the collagen to heal the wound
• Supporting normal fibroblast activity while distracting negative forces like MMPs and Elastase
• Triple helix structure allows the body's own fibroblasts to act normally
• Absorbent collagen sheets manage wound moisture

Recommended Secondary Dressings:

• Stratasorb Composite
• Bordered Gauze
• Optifoam Gentle
• Optifoam Adhesive

Recommended Wound Conditions:

• All wound depths
• All drainage levels
• As a primary dressing

What to buy with Medline Colllagen Dressing

• Medline Avant Gauze Non-Woven Sterile Sponges
• Medline Soothe And Cool Moisture Barrier Ointment

Also available:

• Medline Puracol Plus AG Collagen Dressing with Antimicrobial Silver (Code MSC8722EPH)
• Medline Puracol Collagen Dressing (Code MSC8544)

When to use Puracol Plus Collagen Wound Dressing?

• Pressure ulcers
• Partial and full-thickness wounds 
• Ulcers caused by mixed vascular etiologies 
• Diabetic ulcers
• Donor sites and other bleeding surface wounds 
• Abrasions 
• Traumatic wounds healing by secondary intention 
• Dehisced surgical wounds

Puracol Collagen Dressing Contraindications

• Active vasculitis or patients with known sensitivity to collagen
• Patients with known sensitivity to silver
• Third-degree burns

How to Apply Puracol Plus Collagen Dressing?

• Follow normal procedures for wound bed preparation such as irrigating with wound cleansers or saline, and debriding the wound if necessary  
• Dry the area surrounding the wound  
• The dressing may be cut to size or shape to better match the wound area
• To maintain a moist wound it should be covered with a suitable secondary dressing such as Suresite Film Dressings, Optifoam or Optifoam Ag foam dressings, StrataSorb, or a bordered gauze  
• Remove the outer, and secondary dressing, and at the clinician's discretion, remove the remaining collagen from the wound, or replace another collagen sheet on top of the previous sheet
• Change/reapply Puracol Plus AG for up to 7 days, depending on drainage

How frequently Medline Wound Dressing should be changed?

• May be left in place for up to 7 days
• Dressing change frequency will depend on the amount of drainage

Puracol Plus Collagen Dressing Instruction Manual