Managing highly exuding wounds with Eclypse dressings

Wounds naturally produce exudate containing nutrients, blood cells, enzymes, cytokines and growth factors, which are all essential to the healing process. When this balance is altered by local or systemic conditions then exudate can become problematic. Wound healing is delayed, quality of life is detrimentally affected and nursing staff are faced with time-consuming dressings. The wound product market has always contained absorbent dressings, yet there is a need for further absorbent dressings to be made available to us. This has seen the introduction of super-absorbent dressings onto the market. One of these dressings, Eclypse, is discussed in this article. Eclypse uses highly absorbent crystal technology to increase its fluid handling capacity. The functionality of this product and the benefit for patients derived from its use are described in this article.