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Condition:
- Weight: 1.6 lb
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MFR:
Molnlycke Health Care US, LLC
Ships from MFI Medical
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MPN: 595200
- Phone: (470) 375-0000
Frequently asked questions
Does the dressing ensure gentle, pain-free removal?
Yes, the Mepilex Border Flex is engineered to deliver gentle, pain-free removal through its proprietary Safetac Technology.
This technology is a key selling point because it:
- Significantly minimizes pain and discomfort during dressing changes.
- Reduces trauma to the wound bed and surrounding fragile skin.
- Ensures gentle adherence without compromising the secure, self-adherent border needed for effective exudate management.
Does the Mepilex Border Flex conform well?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is engineered for superior conformability. It features a highly flexible structure that allows it to conform securely to various body contours and areas of movement. As a self-adherent, bordered dressing, it maintains reliable fixation. Furthermore, it incorporates proprietary Safetac Technology to ensure gentle and pain-free removal, minimizing trauma to the wound and surrounding skin.
Is the Mepilex Border Flex highly flexible?
Yes, high flexibility is a core design feature of the Mepilex Border Flex. This specialized construction allows the dressing to easily conform to challenging body contours, ensuring reliable fixation and continuous contact with the wound bed. This enhanced conformability also helps minimize patient discomfort and movement restrictions.
Is Safetac Technology gentle upon removal?
Yes, Safetac Technology is a proprietary feature of the Mepilex Border Flex dressing specifically designed to enhance patient comfort during dressing changes. This technology ensures an atraumatic removal experience, providing key benefits:
- Gentle and Pain-Free: It is engineered to minimize pain when the dressing is removed.
- Minimal Trauma: It significantly minimizes trauma to the wound bed and the surrounding skin, helping to support the healing process.
Is dressing removal gentle and pain-free?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is engineered for gentle, atraumatic removal using proprietary Safetac Technology. This unique self-adherent layer is designed specifically to enhance patient comfort and protect the wound area during dressing changes.
Key benefits of the Safetac Technology include:
- It ensures gentle application and removal, which minimizes pain for the patient.
- It reduces trauma to the wound bed and surrounding skin.
- It adheres securely without leaving behind residue upon removal.
- It is ideal for wound care requiring minimal skin stripping.
Is the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex highly absorbent?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is an absorbent, bordered foam dressing designed for effective wound fluid management.
Key features that highlight its utility include:
- High Absorbency: The foam core is designed to absorb exudate, helping to maintain an optimal moist environment for healing.
- Safetac Technology: It utilizes patented Safetac technology, which ensures the dressing is self-adherent yet minimizes pain and trauma to the wound and surrounding skin upon removal.
- Superior Flexibility: The flexible border allows the dressing to conform exceptionally well to various body contours, providing reliable and secure fixation, even on challenging areas like joints.
Is the Mepilex Border Flex highly absorbent?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is engineered for effective exudate management and is highly absorbent.
This foam dressing is designed to provide secure and reliable performance, featuring:
- Absorbent Bordered Design: It efficiently handles wound exudate, helping to maintain the ideal moist environment necessary for optimal healing.
- Superior Flexibility: The dressing is designed to be highly flexible, conforming easily to different body contours. This ensures the absorbent core maintains continuous contact with the wound, even during patient movement.
- Secure and Gentle Adhesion: It utilizes proprietary Safetac Technology for a self-adherent border, which secures the dressing effectively while ensuring pain-free removal with minimal skin trauma.
Does the Mepilex Border Flex offer high absorbency?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is engineered to manage wound exudate effectively and provides high absorbency.
Key features that ensure superior absorbency and comfort include:
- Absorbent Core: The foam dressing material is designed to efficiently manage fluid while promoting a moist wound healing environment.
- Secure Bordered Design: It features a self-adherent bordered perimeter that locks in exudate and maintains secure placement, even on challenging body contours.
- Flexibility and Conformance: The dressing is highly flexible, ensuring optimal contact with the wound surface, which supports efficient fluid uptake.
- Safetac Technology: This proprietary technology ensures the dressing adheres gently to the skin but securely to itself, minimizing trauma and pain upon removal.
Does the bordered design offer secure adhesion?
Yes, the Molnlycke Mepilex Border Flex is designed for exceptionally secure and reliable adhesion. Key features ensuring its security include:
- Self-Adherent Bordered Design: The dressing features a self-adherent perimeter that ensures secure fixation and helps manage exudate effectively.
- High Flexibility: The dressing is highly flexible, allowing it to conform easily to body contours. This dynamic conformance helps maintain continuous, secure contact, reducing the risk of lifting or rolling.
- Safetac Technology: This proprietary technology ensures the border adheres securely to the skin while minimizing pain and trauma to the wound and surrounding area upon removal.
How are the Mepilex Border Flex dressings packaged?
The packaging is consistent for all available sizes of the Mepilex Border Flex (3”x3”, 4”x4”, 6”x6”, 6”x8”). They are sold in the following quantities:
- Per Box: 5 individual dressings
- Per Case: 10 boxes (equaling 50 dressings total)