Best Ribbon Gauze Dressings 2024 (With Dos and Don’ts Tips)

Did you participate in the London Marathon held on April 21st or in the Premier League football season that is just about to end on May 19, 2024? Have you got cuts and scrapes on your knees or toes, or are you struggling with knee injuries, like post-surgical wounds (ACL repair or knee replacement) or puncture wounds? Well, for any knee injuries, small or critical, primary dressings for the wounds are required right away.

Hold on! Did you use those conventional wet-to-dry dressings? Gone are the days of applying those painful dressings. Many clinicians these days frown on this technique due to its drawbacks, such as experiencing more pain when pulling it from the wound bed, additional bleeding, or wound exposure to bacteria in the air. 

We recommend Ribbon Gauze Dressings as an initial standard treatment to ensure optimal wound healing. View our best gauze dressings in today’s blog with 'Dos and Don’ts' tips for proper wound care.

What to Do and What Not to Do During Dressing for Proper Wound Care

Nevertheless, to ensure proper dressing and advanced wound care, it is imperative to follow these ‘Dos and Don’ts’, such as:

Dos:

• Keep the wound area moist to ensure an optimal healing environment.
• Prevent additional injuries or trauma to the wound.
• Try to keep the bacterial balance under control.
• Encourage regular dressing changes and simple removal to avoid further pain and suffering.
• Always use dry gauze dressings with ribbon gauze dressings for chronic wounds for better healing.

Don’ts:

• Never let the wounds be exposed to the air to avoid pain.
• Don’t cause any fresh surface necrosis to the wound.
• Never settle for anything that lacks biocompatibility, biodegradability, or is toxic.
• Don’t use high-adhesion dressings with gauze for superficial wounds. It may cause pain and irritation.

Best Types of Ribbon Gauze Dressings

Since the wet-to-dry dressing technique cannot match the best wound care practices necessary for effective wound healing, clinicians recommend ribbon gauze dressing to enhance patients’ comfort and effective wound healing. Here we recommend some of the best gauze dressings:

Ligasano White Wound Dressing

Ligasano white wound gauze dressing contains mixed pored and foamed polyurethane.

Benefits: 

• Ideal for For moderately weeping wounds
• Treating exuding wounds
• Reducing the chances of moisture loss in the wound bed
• Feeling less pain and suffering when changing dressings
• Breathable and unique mechanical pressure enhancing blood circulation and wound healing

https://www.economed.co.uk/products/ligasano-white-wound-dressing-slim-10-pieces 

Ligasano White Foam Dressing

This foam dressing is therapeutically effective for wound dressing. 

Benefits:

• Ideal for treating shallow and deep wounds (wound dressing and for wound care)
• Allowing the wound secretion to drain
• Absorbing excess exudate when directly placed on the wound (without drying out the wound)
• Improving self-cleaning of wound
• Activating tissue perfusion leading to optimal healing
• Coarse-pored structure ensuring mechanical stimulation

https://www.economed.co.uk/products/ligasano-white-foam-dressing-5-x-5-cm 

Gazin Ribbon Gauze

This Gazin ribbon gauze is made of 100% cotton, making it ideal for:

• Healing wound cavities and fistulas
• Excellent absorbency without drying out the wound
• Assisting wounds to close slowly through granulation
• Available in various widths

https://www.economed.co.uk/products/gazin-ribbon-gauze-1-pc-1-cmssb 

IMAGE (Gazin Ribbon Gauze)

Ligasano Toe Dressing

It is a PUR foam dressing, a piece of sterilely sealed T-shaped material, allowing it to be used as a toe cap.

Ideal for:

• Protection of the entire toe from friction and pressure
• T-shape making it useful to apply as a toe cap (complete protection to toes)
• High absorbency with PUR foam
• Adhesive strip for fixing
• Surface structure improving blood circulation

https://www.economed.co.uk/products/ligasano-toe-dressing-sterile 

In a Nutshell

Wet-to-dry dressings have become outdated due to their drawbacks to the healing process and pain for the patient. Modern dressings with ribbon gauze dressing ensure effective healing. 

Now, since cuts and scrapes are common, every care home, house, clinic and hospital should stock gauze dressings for emergencies to provide primary treatment for any wounds. At EconoMed, we offer medical supplies from top brands wholesale, from PPE to gauze dressings to expensive surgical equipment, at affordable prices. You can count on us as a reliable and reasonable source for your medical supply needs.

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