Silverlon® Calcium Alginate Dressings

Indications for use

Silverlon® Calcium Alginate Dressing is a professional use wound dressing indicated for the management of moderately – to heavily-exudating, partial and full thickness wounds, including 1st and 2nd degree burns, skin grafts and donor sites, chronic wounds such as pressure ulcers, dermal ulcers, vascular ulcers, diabetic ulcers, traumatic and surgical wounds.

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Warnings and Precautions

Silverlon Calcium Alginate Dressings are intended for external use only. Contact a health care professional if any of the following signs or symptoms are noted:

• Increased pain, increased bleeding, increased swelling, increased wound drainage or increased redness in and around the wound site;
• There is a change in wound color and/or wound odor;
• The wound does not begin to show signs of healing;
• Any other unexpected symptoms occur

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Contraindications

• Do not use Silverlon® Calcium Alginate Dressings on patients with known sensitivity to silver or nylon
• Do not use Silverlon® Calcium Alginate Dressings on 3rd degree burns