What does functional dressing mean?

Functional dressing refers to medical materials used to cover sores, wounds or other injuries.

The traditional medical dressing is dry gauze, but it has many limitations, so it can't be used for infectious wounds and can't promote wound healing. Functional dressing solves the above problems and has wider applicability.

With the in-depth study of pathophysiology of wound healing process, people's understanding of wound healing process has become more and more profound, which has led to the continuous improvement and development of medical wound dressing. Now, compared with the early days, the new wound care dressing has undergone revolutionary changes, and clinical nurses can choose a variety of medical dressings with different properties.