Journal of Woundcare Handbook

The professional's guide to wound product selection

Biobrane (1)

Smith+Nephew

Description

Composite dressing containing a silicone membrane with a knitted nylon fabric partially embedded in it. A purified porcine collagen is bound to the fabric. Blood and sera clot in the fabric, adhering the dressing to the wound surface until epithelialisation can occur. Also available in glove form for use on burns of the hand.

Indications

Indicated for covering clean partial thickness burns wounds; and split thickness donor sites. Indicated for covering clean partial thickness burns of the hand.

Price

13cm x 13cm, 13cm x 38cm, 25cm x 38cm, 38cm x 50cm, 5×5cm, 5×11cm, 10×15cm, 15×20cm, glove (paediatric, small, medium, large), not on Drug Tariff

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