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Other Products This category comprises a wide variety of products used to facilitate skin and wound management. Each entry details the products: action indications contraindications application removal. Please refer to…

Drugs OVERVIEW In this section, you’ll find a list of products that are considered drugs because their administration provokes a series of physiochemical events within the body. The drugs listed…

Wound Fillers Action Wound fillers are available as pastes, granules, powders, beads, and gels that provide a moist healing environment, absorb exudate, and help debride the wound bed by softening…

Transparent Films Action Transparent films are adhesive, semipermeable, polyurethane membrane dressings that vary in thickness and size. They’re waterproof and impermeable to bacteria and contaminants, yet they permit water vapor…

Hydrogels Action Hydrogels are water- or glycerin-based amorphous gels, impregnated gauzes, or sheet dressings. Because of their high water content, some can’t absorb large amounts of exudate. Hydrogels help maintain…

Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Actions Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) systems include a vacuum pump, drainage tubing, and a dressing set. The pump may be stationary or portable, relies on…

Surgical Supplies, Miscellaneous When the Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier and the four Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carriers (DMERCs) perform a Coding Verification Review and fail to reach…

Specialty Absorptives Action Specialty absorptives are unitized, multilayered dressings that consist of highly absorptive layers of fibers, such as absorbent cellulose, cotton, or rayon. These dressings may or may not…

Hydrocolloids Action Hydrocolloids are occlusive or semiocclusive dressings composed of such materials as gelatin, pectin, and carboxymethylcellulose. The composition of the wound contact layer may differ considerably among dressings. These…