Products
Cutimed® Alginate
- Product
- Indications
- Features & Benefits
- Ordering Information
- Styles
- Lower Limb Styles
- Lower Limb Options
- Upper Limb Styles
- Upper Limb Options
- Patient
- Clinical
- Options
- Application
Calcium sodium alginate dressing
A calcium sodium alginate (80% calcium and 20% sodium) made out of natural seaweed. The alginate component enables the dressing to absorb up to 20 times its own weight in exudate. *
- Moderate to heavily exuding wounds
- Shallow and cavity wounds
- Venous, arterial, pressure and diabetic foot ulcers
- Donor sites
- Abrasions and lacerations
- Superficial and partial thickness burns
We recommend Hypafix® Transparent and Leukomed® T as secondary dressings.
*Data on file
- Facilitates moist wound healing by maintaining a moist environment
- Haemostatic properties due to the release of calcium ions when in contact with exudate
- Reduces the risk of maceration due to high levels of absorbency
Mode of action
- The exchange of calcium ions (within the dressing) with sodium ions (in exudate) transforms the alginate into a moist gel
| Code | Size | Pack Qty | NHS SC Code |
| 72634-00 | 5cm x 5cm | 1 x 10 | Welsh Health Supplies ELA039 |
| 72634-01 | 10cm x 10cm | 1 x 10 | Welsh Health Supplies ELA042 |
| 72634-02 | 10cm x 20cm | 1 x 10 | Welsh Health Supplies ELA045 |
| 72634-03 | 2.5cm x 30cm | 1 x 5 | Welsh Health Supplies ELA048 |
