McKesson Hydrocolloid Dressing with Film Backing - Sterile Waterproof Wound Care

Advanced Hydrocolloid Wound Dressing for Optimal Moist Wound Healing

This premium sterile hydrocolloid dressing is engineered to create and maintain an ideal moist wound healing environment while providing superior protection against external contaminants. Designed for healthcare facilities, wound care clinics, home health agencies, and long-term care settings, this advanced dressing combines absorbent hydrocolloid technology with a waterproof film backing to deliver exceptional performance across a wide spectrum of wound types and healing stages.

Advanced Hydrocolloid Technology & Clinical Benefits

• Intelligent Moisture Management: The hydrocolloid layer reacts with cellular material and wound exudate to form a soft, gel-like covering that maintains optimal moisture balance, promoting autolytic debridement and accelerating the natural healing process without over-hydrating the wound bed or causing maceration
• Waterproof Film Backing: Pliable, breathable film backing creates an effective barrier to microorganisms, bacteria, and external contaminants while allowing moisture vapor transmission, protecting the wound site during bathing, showering, and daily activities without compromising the healing environment
• Semi-Transparent Visualization: The outer layer's semi-transparent design permits continuous wound site monitoring and assessment without removing the dressing, reducing unnecessary dressing changes, minimizing patient discomfort, and supporting evidence-based wound care protocols
• Extended 7-Day Wear Time: Provides up to seven days of undisturbed moist wound environment, significantly reducing dressing change frequency, lowering overall treatment costs, minimizing patient disruption, and decreasing nursing time requirements while enhancing healing outcomes
• Low-Profile Ergonomic Design: Features rounded corners and smooth tapered edges that reduce edge roll-up, minimize shear and friction forces, and enhance patient comfort during movement and daily activities, particularly important for mobile patients and high-friction anatomical locations
• Versatile Shape & Size Options: Available in multiple configurations including standard squares, rectangles, and specialized anatomical shapes designed for hard-to-dress areas such as the sacrum, heel, elbow, and other challenging body contours, ensuring proper coverage and adhesion across diverse wound locations

Comprehensive Clinical Applications

Clinically recommended for managing pressure ulcers (stages I-IV), venous leg ulcers, arterial ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers, minor burns (first and second degree), donor sites, post-operative wounds, minor abrasions, lacerations, and skin tears. The dressing's versatility makes it suitable for wounds with light to moderate exudate levels across acute care, post-acute, and community healthcare settings.

Enhanced Patient Comfort & Quality of Life

The pliable, conformable construction moves naturally with the body, reducing discomfort during patient movement and position changes. The waterproof barrier allows patients to shower and bathe normally, supporting hygiene maintenance and improving quality of life during the healing process. The extended wear time reduces the frequency of painful dressing changes, particularly beneficial for patients with sensitive or fragile skin.

Evidence-Based Wound Healing Support

Hydrocolloid dressings are extensively documented in clinical literature for promoting faster healing rates compared to traditional dry dressings. By maintaining a moist wound environment, these dressings support cellular migration, angiogenesis, and granulation tissue formation while reducing pain, protecting nerve endings, and minimizing scar formation. The occlusive nature creates an optimal pH environment that enhances enzymatic activity essential for wound repair.

Cost-Effective Wound Management

The extended seven-day wear time significantly reduces the total number of dressing changes required throughout the healing cycle, lowering material costs, reducing nursing labor hours, and decreasing waste disposal expenses. Healthcare facilities implementing hydrocolloid protocols report substantial cost savings while simultaneously improving patient satisfaction scores and clinical outcomes.

Infection Control & Safety Features

The waterproof film backing serves as an effective microbial barrier, reducing the risk of wound contamination from external sources including bacteria, viruses, and environmental pathogens. The sterile packaging ensures aseptic application, while the occlusive environment discourages bacterial proliferation. The dressing's ability to maintain an undisturbed wound environment for extended periods minimizes exposure risks associated with frequent dressing changes.

Professional Application & Removal

The dressing applies easily to clean, dry skin with excellent initial tack and conformability. The film backing provides structural support during application while the hydrocolloid adhesive ensures secure fixation without causing trauma to fragile periwound skin. Upon removal, the gel formation facilitates atraumatic dressing changes, reducing pain and protecting newly formed epithelial tissue.

Packaging Flexibility: Available in individual sterile units for single-patient use or bulk packaging options for high-volume wound care departments seeking cost-effective inventory management and streamlined procurement.

Clinical Excellence: Trusted by wound care specialists, nurses, and healthcare professionals who demand evidence-based solutions that deliver superior patient outcomes, cost efficiency, and clinical reliability across diverse wound care scenarios.