Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) - Wound VAC's
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is used for wound closure. It works by promoting granulation tissue formation while removing excess fluid, exudate, and infectious material. The KCI Wound VAC is the NPWT system that we use at Primary Children's.
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) is used on
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Granufoam - reticulated, open-cell foam
Drape - semi-permeable membrane to seal wound, provide moist wound environment and prevent wound from external contamination
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