Debrisoft

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Debrisoft is a significant advance in wound cleansing and debriding.

Unlike anything seen before, Debrisoft removes wound debris, necrotic material, slough and exudate and even long standing hyperkeratotic tissue from surrounding skin.

Debrisoft can debride wounds in just 2-4 minutes, rather than the days and even weeks with a dressing.

How do The Scientist, The Nurse, The Surgeon and The Strategist benefit from Debrisoft?

Watch the Debrisoft Symposium at Harrogate 2012 and find out!

What is Debrisoft® for and why has it been recommended for you?

The healthcare professional looking after you has recommended Debrisoft® because you may have dry, scaly/flaky skin which needs to be removed.

This may be due to hyperkeratosis, which is a skin thickening associated with chronic oedema (swelling of the limbs) or due to eczema or psoriasis.

Debrisoft® can also be used on wounds.

Debrisoft® is a rapid, highly effective, safe and easy method for removing this debris.

Wound debris and dead skin cells make an ideal breeding ground for bacteria and infection.

Debrisoft® can be used to remove this from the skin or a wound, to help the healing process.

Because Debrisoft® is soft and gentle it will not harm healthy cells.

How do I use Debrisoft®?

Wash off any moisturisers, creams or ointments before using Debrisoft®.

Step 1

Open the Debrisoft® packet

Step 2

Fully moisten the soft fleecy side of Debrisoft® with tap water (or saline, if advised to do so). Shake off the excess water - DO NOT squeeze out!

Step 3

With gentle pressure, using long sweeping strokes on the skin (or a circular motion on a wound), cleanse the area with the soft, fleecy side of the moistened Debrisoft®

Step 4

Use a new piece of Debrisoft® for each separate area being treated - for example if you have dry skin or a wound on both legs.

For larger areas, you may need more than one piece of Debrisoft® and your healthcare professional will advise you about this.

Dispose of the used Debrisoft® in normal waste.

View the Debrisoft Patient Leaflet.

How to use Debrisoft^®Indications

In wound bed preparation, Debrisoft^® is intended as a rapid, highly effective and safe debridement method in the treatment of superficial wounds and the surrounding skin.

Debrisoft^® can also be used for absorbing exudate, cellular debris and keratosis during debridement.

Step 1.

Open the Debrisoft^® sterile pack

Step 2.

Moisten the soft, fleecy Debrisoft^® fibres with saline or tap water (or see local guidelines)

Step 3.

Gently, with light pressure, debride wound or surrounding skin with moistened Debrisoft^® using the soft, fleecy side

Step 4.

Dispose of used Debrisoft^® as per guidelines for clinical waste

Debrisoft is listed in the Drug Tariff under a brand new category “Physical Debridement Pad”

A Debrisoft Patient Leaflet can be downloaded here, or please call Activa Customer Care 08450 606 707 who will be able to send you some.

If you have any futher questions click here Common Questions

Warnings and Precautions

Thick, tenacious slough and hard necrosis should be softened first by autolysis with dressings prior to removal with Debrisoft^®.

Only use the soft, fleecy side of Debrisoft^® on the wound, once moistened.

Change to preferred treatment regime once the wound becomes red and vascular following debridement with Debrisoft^®.

Before debriding a wound or surrounding tissue, a full holistic assessment should be commenced.

Time Saving Benefits

The illustration below demonstrates that Debrisoft^® is not only cost-effective, but also offers huge time savings.

debrisoft illustration

Welcome to the Debrisoft gallery

All of the images in this gallery have been sent to us by nurses from across the UK showing their patient’s wounds before and after using Debrisoft, which we hope you find useful.

If you would like to find out more about Debrisoft click here, or if you have your own case study and images that you would like to share with us we’d love to hear from you too.

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Case study 1 1/14

Post operative dehisced umbilical hernia

The photos are taken 30 days apart. The nurse and patient were "astounded" by how effectively and painlessly slough was removed.

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Case study 2 2/14

Venous leg ulcer

Debrisoft took only one minute to achieve the results in the second photo. The patient felt no pain.

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Case study 3 3/14

Hyperkeratosis on a diabetic foot

Hyperkeratosis was causing "considerable irritation" to the patient. The photos, taken 2 weeks apart, show how effective weekly use of Debrisoft is at improving skin quality. The patient applied an emollient after each use.

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Case study 4 4/14

Diabetic patient with dry skin plaques and weeping legs

Debrisoft removed the dead tissue which was causing an offensive odour, the patients legs weep less and remain infection free.

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Case study 5 5/14

Painful mixed aetiology ulcer and cellulitis

The patient was very anxious at first having had her ulcer for over 2 years. Pain was felt at each dressing change and now in addition she has cellulitis. Debrisoft achieved these results in 5 minutes and no pain was felt.

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Case study 6 6/14

Diabetic with non healing toe wound following surgery

Unclear why wound would not heal. Debrisoft was used to investigate further and under the slough this toe nail was found!

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Case study 7 7/14

Leg ulcer of 7 months with hard eschar to wound surface

Debrisoft was used to remove hyperkeratosis and soften edges of eschar. This facilitated eschar removal by sharp debridement. Debrisoft was used again to remove offensive smelling slough revealing pink granulating tissue.

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Case study 8 8/14

Blister resulting from cellulitic episode

Debrisoft painlessly removed slough from the wound in 1 minute.

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Case study 9 9/14

Sloughy blister

It took a minute to reveal a clean wound bed.

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Case study 10 10/14

Venous leg ulcer and hyperkeratosis

With a 10 minute Practice Nurse slot, Debrisoft speeds up wound assessment, cleansing and the absorbtion of emollients.

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Case study 11 11/14

Mixed aetiology leg ulcers

Debrisoft removed the slough and hyperkeratosis. It took about half an hour to do the lower leg.

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Case study 12 12/14

Hyperkeratosis

A single use of Debrisoft achieved these results.

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Case study 13 13/14

Gardening injury

Injury from barbed wire and dirt was cleansed with Debrisoft and saline for 4 minutes.

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Case study 14 14/14

Painful toe amputation site

2 uses of Debrisoft a week apart removed non viable tissue.

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Check out our Debrisoft Videos

Debrisoft - debride and assess wounds in 2-4 minutes

Debrisoft

Debrisoft is a significant advance in wound cleansing and debriding.

How do The Scientist, The Nurse, The Surgeon and The Strategist benefit from Debrisoft?

Watch the Debrisoft Symposium at Harrogate 2012 and find out!