Pharmatull is a low adherent paraffin gauze dressing made of cotton leno gauze impregnated with withe soft paraffin.
INTENDED USES: is used as a primary wound contact layer in the treatment of: minor burns and scalds, Skin grafts (both donor and receptor sites), leg ulcers, variety of traumatic injuries (e.g. lacerations and abrasions), skin loss wounds. It is also used as a transfer medium for skin during grafting.
CLAIMED BENEFITS: Pharmatull are impregnated with paraffin jelly which form a separate layer between wound and gauze preventing sticking with the wound and provide fast recovery. Protects newly formed tissue and minimize patient pain during changing the dressing. THe leno-weave gauze allows the passage of the exudates to be absorbed by the secondary dressing, so the exudates do not dry on the wound bed. Can be cut to different sizes.
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