CONTACT LAYER DRESSING / NON-ADHERENT DRESSING
Contact layer dressings such as Mepitel and Tegaderm are thin non-adherent dressings placed directly over the wound, keeping the wound bed covered and ensuring that other dressings don’t come into contact with the wound. These dressings contour to the shape of the wound, and are porous so that wound fluid can pass through the contact layer into the secondary dressing. Contact layer wound dressings also help prevent wound trauma and block debris from entering the wound bed. Read More…