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hydrocolloid

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hydrocolloid [‚hī·drə′käl‚ȯid]
(materials)
gum


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Advanced wound management products include Hydrogel (amorphous and saturated gauze pads), Alginate, Hydrocolloid, and LoProfile[R] Foam Dressings.
Resident care equipment/supplies by Nursing Homes
Plus, moistened gauze is much cheaper in the short term than the hydrocolloid dressings and vacuums that suck out wound fluid.
Wound care: the moist-dry debate: which message is getting through? by Sinclair, Matthew / Contemporary Long Term Care
Hydrocoll is a self-adhesive absorbent hydrocolloid dressing covered with a semi-permeable polyurethane layer that prevents bacterial and moisture penetration.
Wound healing and maturation: clinical considerations by Rice, Jan / Australian Nursing Journal
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