Gentle foam dressings: interim results of an evaluation of the Allevyn range.

An understanding of how wounds heal is vital to any practitioner involved in wound management, and an understanding of how dressings function and perform while on a patient's wound is important in the decision-making process of dressing selection. This article outlines the interim results of an international multi-centre clinical in-market evaluation, and demonstrates the benefits to the patient of using the Allevyn Gentle range of dressings (Smith & Nephew). These include excellent exudate management, comfort and conformability. These results were supported by the findings that clinicians rated the performance of Allevyn Gentle at 97.3% for the indication treated, while 100% felt that Allevyn Gentle Border was easy to apply.