Medstock Hydro is efficient and affordable elastic dressing made of pressure sensitive adhesive with carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) hydrophilic granules that contribute to wound healing.

• Description
• Characteristics
• Applications

• • Excellent absorption capability for low exudate wounds
  • When the thickness of the Medstock Hydro is 0.4mm thick:
  • Moisture Permeability: 0.34g/10cm2/24hrs/37°C
  • Hygroscopic ability: 2.40g/10cm2/24hrs/37°C
  • Hygroscopic capacity: 2.74g/10cm2/24hrs/37°C 
• • Hygroscopic capability: 2.83g/24hrs/37°C
  • pH 5.7 Acid and Alkali resistance pH 3-12
• • Facilitates debridement of wound
  • Swells in the presence of exudate, releasing a gel which maintains a moist environment
  • Reduces pain by keeping nerve endings moist
  • Waterproof, protecting wound from microbial invasion
  • Non-adherent and easy to remove
• • Suitable for low exudate wounds only
  • I-II degree bedsores
  • Superficial and small burns
  • Skin grafts, donor sites and surgical wounds
  • For granulating and epithelialising wounds
  • Suitable on necrotic tissue to rehydrate and facilitate debridement
  • Suitable as a retention dressing to hydrogels
  • Should not be used on infected wounds