What is an Alginate Dressing? | 合法醫療器材資訊網

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Biodegradable alginate dressings[1] made from seaweed date back at least fifty years and commercially available alginate has been available since 1983. Often used on wounds with heavy exudate, the alginates used to produce these dressings are made from a variety of seaweeds harvested around the world. Arguably underused, these dressings are not well studied and documented in the medical literature compared to other modern dressings.

Early use of alginate dressing consisted of fibers of calcium alginate formed into a loose fleece. Recently, this structure has been improved by entangling the fibers so that the dressing is stronger when it becomes soaked with blood or exudate. Alginate dressings can absorb 15-20 times their own weight in exudate and are manufactured in a range of prod...