Mepilex® Lite Thin foam dressing sterile, 10 x 10 cm, 5 ST

The Mepilex® Lite thin foam dressing sterile is an innovative solution for the treatment of slightly exuding acute and chronic wounds. With its unique Safetac® technology, it offers a painless dressing change and promotes optimal wound healing.

How Mepilex® Lite works

Mepilex Lite is a highly conformable dressing that effectively absorbs wound exudate and maintains a moist wound environment. Thanks to Safetac, the wound edges are sealed, preventing exudate from leaking onto the surrounding skin and minimising the risk of maceration. Thanks to Safetac's properties, the dressing can be changed atraumatically and with minimal pain.

Properties

• Minimises trauma and pain during dressing changes ^1,2
• Adapts well to the contours of the body
• Can be used as skin protection, e.g. for radiation-induced skin damage ^6,7,8 or fragile skin
• Safetac® coating: adheres gently to the intact skin and not to the ^wound1-4
• Polyurethane foam: Absorbs exudate, moulds to the contours of the body, structurally stable
• Polyurethane film: Permeable to water vapour, water-repellent
• Proven to reduce pain during dressing changes and damage to the skin ^1-4

Advantages of Mepilex® Lite

• Atraumatic to wound and surrounding skin
• Minimises the risk of maceration ³
• Adapts well to the contours of the body
• Ensures high wearing comfort ⁵
• Maintains a moist wound environment
• Can be cut to size

Areas of application

Mepilex Lite is suitable for a wide range of non-exuding to slightly exuding wounds, such as leg and foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, partial thickness burns, radiation-induced skin reactions or epidermolysis bullosa. Mepilex Lite can also be used to protect vulnerable and fragile skin. Mepilex Lite can be used under compression and in combination with gels.

¹ White R., A Multinational survey of the assessment of pain when removing dressings. Wounds UK 2008; Vol 4, No 1. ². Dykes PJ et al. Effects of adhesive dressings on the stratum corneum of the skin. J Wound Care 2001; 10(2):7-10. ³. Dykes PJ. The effect of adhesive dressing edges on cutaneous irritancy and skin barrier function. J Wound Care 2007, 16(3):97-100. ^4. Zillmer, R., Agren, M.S., Gottrup, F., Karlsmark, T. Biophysical effects of repetitive removal of adhesive dressings on peri-ulcer skin. Journal of Wound Care 2006;15(5):187-191. ⁵. Meuleneire, F. Management of diabetic foot ulcers using dressings with Safetac: a review of case studies. Wounds UK. ⁶. Diggelmann KV et al. Mepilex Lite dressings for the management of radiation-induced erythema: a systematic in-patient controlled clinical trial. The British Journal of Radiology, 2010. ⁷. Paterson D. et al. Randomised Intra-patient Controlled Trial of Mepilex Lite Dressings versus Aqueous Cream in Managing Radiation-Induced Skin Reactions Post-mastectomy. Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy, 2012. ^8. Paterson et al. Poster presentation at the 2nd European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO) Forum, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013 2008;4(4):16-30.

Dosage form

Foam dressing sterile

Application

1. Clean the wound according to medical standards and thoroughly dry the skin surrounding the wound. Remove the protective film.
2. Apply the adhesive side to the wound. Do not stretch the dressing. Mepilex Lite should overlap the wound by at least two centimetres.
3. If necessary, additionally fix Mepilex Lite with suitable fixatives, e.g. Tubifast.