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Thetransparencymakesiteasytovisualizethewoundbed.Transparentfilmdressingsarewaterproofandimpermeabletobacteriaandcontaminants.Although ...

By Nancy Morgan, RN, BSN, MBA, WOC, WCC, DWC, OMS

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Transparent film dressings are thin sheets of transparent polyurethane (polymer) coated with an adhesive. These dressings are available in a variety of sizes and shapes.

Transparent film dressings provide a moist, healing environment; promote autolytic debridement; protect the wound from mechanical trauma and bacterial invasion; and act as a blister roof or “second skin.” Because they’re flexible, these dressings can conform to wounds located in awkward locations such as the elbow. The transparency makes it easy to visualize the wound bed.

Transparent film dressings are waterproof and impermeable to bacteria and contaminants. Although these dressings can’t absorb fluid, they’re permeable to moisture—allowing one-way passage of carbon...