Bactigras Medicated Tulle

Bactigras is a medicated paraffin gauze dressing (Tulle Gras)

Features

• Soft paraffin base
• Sterile leno weave presentation
• Contains Chlorhexidine acetate 0.5%, an antiseptic with a broad spectrum

Benefits

• Soothes and protects the wound and allows free passage of viscous exudate
• Bactigras is soothing and low-adherent and allows the wound to drain freely into an absorbent secondary dressing.
• Maintains shape, resists fraying
• Bactigras is a sterile paraffin Tulle Gras dressing made from open weave gauze. The gauze has interlocking threads which minimise fraying when the dressing is cut to shape.
• Reduces risk of infection
• The antiseptic efficacy of Bactigras is unaffected by serum and blood.
• Demonstrated to be effective in-vitro and in-vivo against MRSA
• Reduces the risk of colonisation.
• Proven antiseptically active against a wide range of Gram positive and Gram negative organisms.

Indications

Bactigras is intended for use as a wound contact layer for wounds such as:

• Minor burns and scalds
• Lacerations, abrasions and other skin loss wounds
• Donor and recipient graft sites
• Leg ulcers, where the wound is no more than 10% of the body area, where there is a risk of infection, or on already infected wounds in conjunction with systemic antibiotics.

Contraindications / Precautions

• Bactigras should not be used on more than 10% of the body area.
• Dermatitis, contact sensitivity or photosensitivity may rarely occur. Anaphylactic reaction to chlorhexidine has been reported, but is rare.
• Avoid contact with eyes, the middle ear, meninges and brain.
• Bactigras is incompatible with soaps, other anionic materials, as well as potassium iodide.
• The use of Bactigras with oxidising wound cleaning agents should be avoided.