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Product Type: Durable - Dressings
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HCPCS : A6550 (Medicare DME co-payment per billable unit min / max: $0.00 / $0.00)
V.A.C. Granufoam Silver Dressing is a Negative pressure wound therapy dressing.
INTENDED USES: Provides an effective barrier to bacterial penetration. It helps reduce infections in wounds.
CLAIMED FEATURES: Direct and complete contact. The only silver dressing that allows the V.A.C. GRANUFOAM™ Dressing pores to come in direct contact with the wound, eliminating the need for additional silver dressing layers that may inhibit negative pressure and granulation. Micro-bonded metallic silver is uniformly distributed throughout the dressing, providing silver even after sizing. A single application of V.A.C.® GRANUFOAM SILVER™ Dressing eliminates the need for adjunct silver dressings. The protective silver ion reduces aerobic, gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, and may help reduce infections in wounds.
OPTIONS: 5-pack, Large
Wound Reference does not produce, market, re-sell or distribute health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.
Interface frequency of change: 1 time/ week
Interface frequency of change: 2 times/ week
Interface frequency of change: 3 times/ week
Interface: Antimicrobial
Interface: Black foam (hydrophophic polyurethane)
Interface: Gauze
Interface: Other types of foam or gauze
Interface: White foam (PVA)
Interface: Customizable to wound size/depth
Pump function: Irrigation or Instillation
Pump indication: Open abdomen
Pump indication: Post-surgical incision management
Pump power: Battery
Pump power: Electric (AC adapter)
Pump power: Mechanical
Pump settings: Continuous
Pump settings: Intermittent
Pump: Canister < or equal to 300 ml
Pump: Canister > 300 ml
Pump: Canister absent, uses dressing
Pump: Portable
Pump: Weight < 1 lb

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT), with either durable or disposable devices, is a method of wound care to manage wound fluids and help wounds heal. The vacuum assisted drainage collection (i.e., NPWT) may be applied to try to cleanse the wound by removing fluids and stimulate healing.

In NPWT, your clinician will use a device that will apply negative pressure (suction) to the wound. Negative pressure is applied under airtight wound dressings to promote the healing of open wounds resistant to prior treatments.

Different types of dressings made specifically for NPWT may be used with the pump your clinician and you choose for your situation. Some dressings are made of gauze and others are made of a special type of foam. Dressings are usually changed 1-3 times a week. 

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