Mepilex Bordered Foam Dressing

Mepilex Border Sacrum has been demonstrated to help prevent pressure injuries, redistribute shear and friction on tissues, and maintain optimal skin microclimate during wear time

- Individually packed

Areas of Use:

Sacral Pressure Injury Prevention Considerations:

- Assess patient for pressure injury risk.

- If patient is at risk, apply Mepilex Border Sacrum.

- Inspect skin under dressing daily or per facility protocol by carefully lifting the border edge and repositioning following inspection.

- Change dressing per facility protocol (dressing should be changed if rolled, soiled, saturated, displaced or compromised).

Mepilex Border Sacrum is designed for a wide range of exuding wounds such as sacral pressure injuries. May also be used on dry/necrotic wounds in combination with gels.

Patients with faecal incontinence:

- Consult with physician; consider placement of faecal containment or management device.

- Consider applying strip paste to adherent side of dressing where the foam and border meet and where dressing comes closest to anus.

- After dressing is securely in position, apply liquid skin barrier to outside of Safetac technology border and onto intact skin.

- 16x20cm: 5 pieces per box
- 22x25cm: 5 pieces per box
- 22x23cm - Heel: 6 pieces per box