Safetac® technology – less painful wound management
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Safetac® technology – less painful wound management

Less pain and improved healing

Pain at dressing change is a major concern. It is in fact the worst part of living with a wound for 40% of all patients.1 Thanks to Safetac®, a unique and patented adhesive technology, this pain can be drastically reduces. Safetac minimises pain at dressing changes by minimising the damage to the skin and wound. Without the trauma caused by maceration, blistering and skin-stripping, the pain and disturbance to the healing process is minimised.

Less pain

Unlike traditional adhesives, Safetac® does not tack to open wounds. Nor does Safetac strip skin or cause blisters. Safetac also prevents mositure leaking onto the sorrounding skin -...

Quicker healing

Safetac® maintains a moist wound environment, does not adhere to the wound and prevents skin-stripping. It seals the wound margins gently, protecting against exudate leakage and can still...

Save money

The cost of pain is vast – in financial as well as human terms. Minimised stress and tissue damage leads to quicker healing, and although it is just a small piece of the wound management puzzle,...

Documented evidence

Safetac® technology has been tested, perfected and proven in clinical situations worldwide since 1990. In the last decade alone, the technology has seen 15 improvements. More than 80...

Products with Safetac

Mepilex®

Mepilex®

Mepilex is a foam dressing for chronic wounds like venous leg ulcers, pressure ulcers or diabetic ulcers. Mepilex® minimises pain and wound or skin damage at dressing change1. Mepilex can be cut to fit making it ideal for difficult to dress areas.

Mepilex® Ag

Mepilex® Ag

Mepilex Ag is a foam dressing for medium exuding chronic or acute wounds like venous leg ulcers or burns, where there is a sign of infection. Infected wounds are painful wounds that need the best of treatment. To make sure that pain at dressing changes is minimised for the patient, Mepilex® Ag is a dressing with Safetac technology1. To further enhance patient outcome, Mepilex Ag provides an anti-microbial activity, with silver technology. Mepilex Ag is clinically proven5 to heal burns faster and with less pain and cost compared to silversulfadiazine.

Mepilex® Border

Mepilex® Border

Mepilex® Border is an all-in-one foam dressing for medium to high exuding chronic and actute wounds, such as pressure ulcers and post-operative wounds. Mepilex Border minimises pain and wound or skin damage at dressing change1. Mepilex Border retains exudate well and prevents exudate from leaking to the surrounding skin – it helps reducing the risk of maceration2.

Post-operative blisters can be harmful – they inflict pain and increase the risk of infections in post-op wounds. Mepilex Border offers a bacteria and viral barrier to the wound and is an anti-blistering3 dressing available in post-op sizes that reduces pain with the Safetac technology.

Mepilex® Border Ag

Mepilex® Border Ag

Mepilex® Border Ag is an all-in-one foam dressing for medium to high exuding wounds like burns or pressure ulcers, where there is a sign of infection. Infected wounds are painful wounds that need the best of treatment. To make sure that pain and skin damage at dressing changes are minimised for the patient1, Mepilex Border Ag is a dressing with Safetac®. To further enhance patient outcome, Mepilex Border Ag also provides an anti-microbial activity, with silver technology.

Mepilex® Border Lite

Mepilex® Border Lite

Mepilex® Border Lite is a thin all in-in-one foam dressing for low exuding acute or chronic wounds like diabetic wounds or post operative wounds. Through Safetac, Mepilex Border Lite minimises pain and wound or skin damage at dressing change1.

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Introduction to Safetac

Introduction to Safetac

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