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Author(s)
Andrew Heenan
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Contents
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Published:
Mar 2004
Last updated: Jul 2004 Revision: 1.1 |
Keywords: Drug Tariff; wound management; absorbent dressings; primary dressings.
This article includes all the absorbent and primary wound dressings included in the Drug Tariff [1]. Proprietary names are included for convenience.
| Product name | Size | Basic Price |
| Drisorb Dressing Pad | 10cm x 20cm | 17p |
For use as a primary or secondary dressing for medium to heavily exuding wounds.
| Product name | Size | Basic price |
| Exu-Dry | 10cm x 15cm | 96p |
| 15cm x 23cm | 196p | |
| 23cm x 38cm | 454p | |
| Mesorb | 10cm x 10cm | 54p |
| 10cm x 15cm | 70p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 86p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 122p | |
| 20cm x 25cm | 193p | |
| 20cm x 30cm | 219p |
| Product name | Size | Basic price |
| Cutilin | 5cm x 5cm | 13p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 21p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 40p | |
| Interpose | 5cm x 5cm | 9p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 15p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 32p | |
| Melolin | 5cm x 5cm | 14p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 23p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 46p | |
| Release | 5cm x 5cm | 13p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 22p | |
| 20cm x 10cm | 41p | |
| Skintact | 5cm x 5cm | 10p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 17p | |
| 20cm x 10cm | 34p | |
| Solvaline N | 5cm x 5cm | 9p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 16p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 32p | |
| Telfa (Non adherent dressing pad) | 7.5cm x 5cm | 12p |
| 10cm x 7.5cm | 15p | |
| 15cm x 7.5cm | 17p | |
| 20cm x 7.5cm | 28p |
*Includes a non-adherent dressing pad.
These dressings were probably the first serious attempt to improve on the cotton gauze 'dry dressing', and combine absorbency with reduced risk of adherence. They were also the first to be described as 'non-stick' or non-adherent, a claim that research suggests may have been exaggerated. Compared with the fabric dressings used before, however, they were certainly low adherent.
| Product name | Dimensions | Contact pad | Border | Basic price |
| Cosmopor E | 5cm x 7.2cm | 2.7cm x 4cm | 1.15cm-1.6cm | 7p |
| 6cm x 10cm | 2.7cm x 6.5cm | 1.65cm-1.75cm | 13p | |
| 8cm x 10cm | 4cm x 6.5cm | 1.75cm-2.0cm | 15p | |
| 6cm x 15cm | 2.7cm x 11cm | 1.65cm-2.0cm | 17p | |
| 8cm x 15cm | 4cm x 11cm | 2.0cm | 24p | |
| 8cm x 20cm | 4cm x 16cm | 2.0cm | 33p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 5.5cm x 16cm | 2.0cm-2.25cm | 40p | |
| 10cm x 25cm | 5.5cm x 20cm | 2.25cm-2.5cm | 49p | |
| 10cm x 35cm | 5.5cm x 30cm | 2.25cm-2.5cm | 68p | |
| Medipore + Pads | 5cm x 7.2cm | 2.8cm x 3.8cm | 1.0cm-2.0cm | 7p |
| 10cm x 10cm | 5cm x 5.5cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 15p | |
| 10cm x 15cm | 5cm x 10.5cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 23p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 5cm x 15.5cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 36p | |
| 10cm x 25cm | 5cm x 20.5cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 44p | |
| 10cm x 35cm | 5cm x 30.4cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 61p | |
| Mepore | 7cm x 8cm | 4cm x 5cm | 1.5cm | 9p |
| 10cm x 11cm | 6cm x 6cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 19p | |
| 11cm x 15cm | 6cm x 10cm | 2.5cm | 31p | |
| 9cm x 20cm | 5cm x 15cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 38p | |
| 9cm x 25cm | 5cm x 20cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 52p | |
| 9cm x30cm | 5cm x 25cm | 2.0cm x 2.5cm | 60p | |
| 9cm x 35cm | 5cm x 30cm | 2.0cm x 2.5cm | 65p | |
| Neosafe Self-Adhesive Border | 9cm x 10cm | 5cm x 5.8cm | 2.0cm x 2.1cm | 16p |
| 9cm x 20cm | 5cm x 15cm | 2.0cm-2.5cm | 34p | |
| Primapore | 6cm x 8.3cm | 3.4cm x 5.7cm | 1.3cm | 15p |
| 8.0cm x 10cm | 4.5cm x 5cm | 1.75cm-2.5cm | 16p | |
| 8.0cm x 15cm | 4.5cm x 10cm | 1.75cm-2.5cm | 28p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 5cm x 14cm | 2.5cm-3.0cm | 37p | |
| 10cm x 25cm | 5cm x 18cm | 2.5cm-3.5cm | 42p | |
| 10cm x 30cm | 5cm x 23cm | 2.5cm-3.5cm | 53p | |
| 12cm x 35cm | 6.6cm x 29cm | 2.7cm x 2.95cm | 87p | |
| Sterifix* | 5cm x 7cm | 5cm x 5cm | 1.0cm | 17p |
| 7cm x 10cm | 5cm x 10cm | 1.0cm | 29p | |
| 10cm x 14cm | 8cm x 14cm | 1.0cm | 51p | |
| Telfa Island** | 5cm x 10cm | 3.3cm x 4.8cm | 0.85cm-2.6cm | 8p |
| 10cm x 20cm | 5cm x 15cm | 2.5cm | 34p |
* With two adhesive strips ** With non-adherent dressing pad
| Product name | Size | Basic price |
| Atrauman | 5cm x 5cm | 23p |
| 7.5cm x 10cm | 24p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 55p |
Sterile knitted viscose dressing.
| Product name | Size | Basic price |
| N-A Dressing | 9.5cm x 9.5cm | 33p |
| 19cm x 9.5cm | 62p | |
| N-A Ultra | 9.5cm x 9.5cm | 31p |
| 19cm x 9.5cm | 59p | |
| Paratex | 9.5cm x 9.5cm | 25p |
| Primary | 14.5cm x 12.5cm | 39p |
| Setoprime | 9.5cm x 9.5cm | 27p |
| Tricotex | 9.5cm x 9.5cm | 29p |
This set of articles is based on an earlier series, Dressings on the Drug Tariff, which ran from July 1997 to November 1998. The following include absorbent dressings:
1. Prescription Pricing Authority, Department of Health. Drug Tariff. London: The Stationery Office, June 2004.