What is Debridement? How does it work?
Alongside wound cleansing, debridement is often the first step in any protocol of wound care.
The aim of debridement is to obtain a clean, healthy wound bed to allow rapid and effective healing by removing devitalised tissue, excess exudate, senescent and abnormal cells, and microbial burden, healthy tissue is unimpeded, and granulation tissue encouraged to form in the wound bed.
These factors allow wounds to progress to, and through, the final phase of wound healing and towards complete closure.
The Prontosan® debridement pad for soft mechanical debridement
Prontosan® Debridement Pad is designed for soft mechanical debridement – lifting and removing slough and debris for effective wound bed preparation.
The innovative shape provides a rounded end for larger surfaces and a tapered end for ease of access into smaller cavities and difficult to reach undermined wound edges.
Debridement technology
Newest microfibre cleansing
The Prontosan® Debridement Pad uses the latest technology in cleansing – microfibres.
Each microfibre has a multiple strand structure, allowing for many more particles of slough and debris to be removed from the wound bed and bound to each mircofibre within the pad, not just brushed away as with traditional larger monofilament fibres.
There are millions of microfibers in each Prontosan® Debridement Pad for magnified debridement power!
Clinical survey
Don't just take our word for it!
See what 55 clinicians said about Prontosan® debridement pad
Ordering information
How do you order Prontosan® debridement pad?
Prontosan® Debridement Pad is available on Drug Tariff and can be prescribed in packs of 3.
It is available via NHS Supply Chain in packs of both 3 and 10.
Ordering codes are available in the table below:
Further information
Where can I get more information on debridement?
There is a lot more information on debridement and Prontosan® Debridement Pad which you can download via the links below.
Related Documents
Wound Care blog
Wound Care Blog
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The Use of Prontosan Solution and Prontosan Debridement Pad in Kyperkeratosis on the Foot
Beth Williams, High Risk Podiatrist, Manchester Local Care Organisation, shares her experience of using Prontosan Debridement Pad. This is adapted from an article originally presented at Wounds UK 7th – 9th November 2022
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Clinical experience of the Prontosan® Debridement Pad
In 2021 an article reviewed 111 responses which were collected from 56 clinicians over a broad range of specialties including leg ulcer clinic staff, podiatrists and practice nurses asking their opinion on a microfibre debridement pad and how it performed in clinical practice
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Wound Bed Preparation - A Practical Perspective
Katie Bennett shares her experiences of using the Prontosan® wound bed preparation system for lower limb wound care.