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Precut wound dressings.


Ferris Mfg. Corp., makers of PolyMem wound care dressings, has introduced Shapes[TM] to its lineup of QuadraFoam dressings. Shapes are easy-to-use, precut pre·cut  
adj.
Cut into size or shape before being marketed, assembled, or used: precut fillet of fish; precut construction materials.

tr.v.
 dressings that enable healthcare professionals to choose the best fitting dressing for each particular wound.

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QuadraFoam addresses the four key elements of healing (cleanse cleanse  
tr.v. cleansed, cleans·ing, cleans·es
To free from dirt, defilement, or guilt; purge or clean.



[Middle English clensen, from Old English
, fill, absorb, and moisten) in one convenient dressing. Because Shapes is a QuadraFoam, it can replace a number of traditional wound dressings, including polyurethane polyurethane

Any of a class of very versatile polymers that are made into flexible and rigid foams, fibres, elastomers (elastic polymers), surface coatings, and adhesives.
 or silicone foams, hydrogels, alginates, hydrocolloids, transparent films, gauze gauze (gawz) a light, open-meshed fabric of muslin or similar material.

absorbable gauze  gauze made from oxidized cellulose.
, and other traditional dressings.

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Title Annotation:focus on WOUND, OSTOMY, AND CONTINENCE
Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Jun 1, 2006
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