Cutimed Alginate Dressing Cutimed Alginate is a calcium sodium alginate (80% calcium and 20% sodium) made out of natural seaweed. The alginate component enables the dressing to absorb up to 20 times its own weight in exudate. Cutimed Alginate offers a broad performance spectrum, but is particularly useful for moderate to heavily exuding wounds, shallow wounds, lesions with rough edges, or deeper sites that are hard to dress. Features and benefits: - Maintains a moist environment - Fast gelling - Highly absorbent - Retains the exudate in a gel - Excellent wet integrity Indications: Wound characteristics - Moderate to heavily exuding wounds - Shallow and deep wounds Chronic wounds, such as: - Venous ulcer - Arterial ulcer - Pressure ulcer - Diabetic ulcer Acute wounds, such as: - Skin donor sites - Abrasions and lacerations - Superficial and partial thickness burns . .