• Easier application with secondary retention and minimal pain on removal
• Rapid and sustained antibacterial action
• Optimal exudate management²
• Cost effective – seven-day wear time and fewer dressing changes

• Minimizes pain to the patient and trauma to the wound at dressing change
• Rapid and sustained antibacterial action
• Optimal exudate management¹
• A unique two-in-one solution for exuding chronic wounds

Mean concentration of silver release (ppm)

Releases bactericidal concentrations of silver for up to 7 days³

Transpires excess fluid

• Top film actively responds to fluid levels in the dressing⁴
• Provides a more comfortable, less bulky dressing⁵
• May enable fewer dressing changes^4,6
• Provides a bacterial barrier^1,7,8,9

Absorbs excess fluid from the wound bed

• Rapid and controlled fluid uptake from the wound into the dressing¹
• Reduces risk of pooling, leakage or maceration^1,10,11
• Improves condition of the peri-wound skin⁶

Retains fluid for a moist wound environment

• Absorbs and retains excess fluid in unique hydrocellular core
• Minimizes risk of leakage under compression^1,12
• Maintains a consistent moist wound environment

Total fluid handling capacity 

ALLEVYN Ag Gentle and Ag Gentle Border have better fluid-handling capacity than other silver foam dressings¹³

1. Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd., Report Ref: DS/08/098/R1b, ALLEVYN^◊ Ag Gentle Border Dressings Physical Properties, Carpenter S., November 2008.
2. Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd., Report Ref: DS/08/107/R1b, ALLEVYN^◊ Ag Gentle Dressings Physical Properties, Carpenter S., November 2008.
3. Data on file: Silver Release ALLEVYN^◊ Variants Final Version
4. Thomas S. Fluid handling properties of ALLEVYN^◊ dressings 2007. Available at http://www.dressings.org/.
5. Smith and Nephew Data on file report 0709070
6. Wicks G.A. A clinical in-market evaluation of new ALLEVYN^◊. Poster presentation. Wounds UK, Harrogate November 2007.
7. Smith & Nephew Data on File Report 070312
8. RR-WMP07330-10-03
9. Smith & Nephew Wound Management, Report Ref: 0712088, Bacterial Barrier Testing (wet-wet) on samples of ALLEVYN^◊ Gentle, ALLEVYN^◊ Gentle Border dressings with a 7 day test duration against S. Marcescens, Vaughan J., 2007
10. ALLEVYN^◊ Gentle Border (Dakota) – D17 day Wound Healing Study in Full Thickness Wounds in Minipigs, October 2008
11. The clinical and physical properties of ALLEVYN^◊ Ag Gentle Border dressings and the moist wound environment (Dave Myers), April 2009
12. DS.08.116 R2 (Ag Gentle)
13. Data on file: Fluid Handling Ag Adhesive, Ag GB/Fluid Handling Ag NA G