title: Drawtex: a unique dressing that can be tailor-made to fit wounds.
abstract: Drawtex is a new and innovative dressing using dispersion technology which works on capillary action. This promotes moist wound healing and provides the optimum environment at the wound interface. This dressing has the ability to absorb exudate 30 times it own weight. The unique capillary action draws the exudate away from the wound bed and into the core of the dressing from where it disperses into a second layer of Drawtex. The practitioner tailors the Drawtex to conform to the wound bed. Drawtex's non-adherence reduces the frequency of dressing change after the first week. This is not the only benefit as it is also very cost-effective at half the price of other modern dressing products.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Care Unit, Queen's Hospital, Burton Hospitals NHS Trust.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000042:Absorption; D001458:Bandages / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005122:Exudates and Transudates; D006801:Humans; D006813:Humidity; D014945:Wound Healing; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology