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Author(s)
Andrew Heenan
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Published:
Mar 2004
Last updated: Jul 2004 Revision: 1.1 |
Keywords: Drug Tariff; wound management; vapour-permeable dressings.
This article includes all the vapour-permeable dressings included in the Drug Tariff [1]. Proprietary names are included for convenience. These dressings are sometimes referred to a 'semi-permeable' dressings.
| Product name | Size | Basic price |
| ActivHeal | 6cm x 7cm | 31p |
| 10cm x 12.7cm | 73p | |
| 15cm x 17.8cm | 178p | |
| Bioclusive | 10.2cm x 12.7cm | 143p |
| Blisterfilm | 5cm x 8cm | 40p |
| 9cm x 10cm | 70p | |
| 10cm x 13cm | 90p | |
| 14cm x 15cm | 123p | |
| Central Gard (Intravenous/sub-cutaneous therapy) | 16cm x 7cm central line | 90p |
| 16cm x 8cm Central line | 99p | |
| C-View | 6cm x 7cm | 37p |
| 10cm x 12cm | 102p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 233p | |
| Hydrofilm | 6cm x 9cm | 49p |
| 10cm x 15cm | 129p | |
| 12cm x 25cm | 233p | |
| Mefilm | 6cm x 7cm | 40p |
| 10cm x 12cm | 106p | |
| 10cm x 25cm | 207p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 263p | |
| Niko Fix IV (Ported and non-ported peripheral) | 7cm x 8.5cm | 37p |
| OpSite Flexigrid | 6cm x 7cm | 34p |
| 12cm x 12cm | 96p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 243p | |
| Op Site IV3000 (Intravenous/subcutaneous therapy) | 6cm x 7cm Non-winged peripheral | 47p |
| 7cm x 9cm Ported peripheral | 62p | |
| 10cm x 12cm Central line | 119p | |
| Polyskin II | 4cm x 4cm | 35p |
| 5cm x 7cm | 38p | |
| 10cm x 12cm | 99p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 196p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 226p | |
| 20cm x 25cm | 395p | |
| Polyskin MR | 5cm x 7cm | 40p |
| 10cm x 12cm | 108p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 253p | |
| Tegaderm | 6cm x 7cm | 38p |
| 12cm x 12cm | 123p | |
| 15cm x 20cm | 234p | |
| Tegaderm IV with securing tapes (Intravenous/subcutaneous therapy) | 7cm x 8.5cm Peripheral line | 57p |
| 8.5cm x 10.5cm Central line | 111p |
| Product name | Size | Contact pad | Border | Basic price |
| Alldress | 10cm x 10cm | 82p | ||
| 15cm x 15cm | 179p | |||
| 15cm x 20cm | 221p | |||
| Mepore Ultra | 6cm x 7cm | 26p | ||
| 9cm x 10cm | 57p | |||
| 9cm x 15cm | 85p | |||
| 9cm x 20cm | 129p | |||
| 9cm x 25cm | 142p | |||
| 9cm x 30cm | 235p | |||
| OpSite Plus | 5cm x 5cm | 2.5cm x 2.5cm | 1.25cm | 27p |
| 8.5cm x 9.5cm | 3.7cm x 7.3cm | 2.4cm - 1.1cm | 75p | |
| 10cm x 12cm | 5cm x 7.5cm | 2.5cm - 2.25cm | 102p | |
| 10cm x 20cm | 5.5cm x 15cm | 2.25cm x 2.5cm | 172p | |
| 10cm x 35cm | 5.7cm x 30cm | 2.15cm x 2.5cm | 284p |
| Product name | Size | Basic price per item |
| Vapour-permeable waterproof plastic wound dressing BP, sterile | 8.5cm x 6cm | 34p |
This set of articles is based on an earlier series, Dressings on the Drug Tariff, which ran from July 1997 to November 1998.
1. Prescription Pricing Authority, Department of Health. Drug Tariff. London: The Stationery Office, June 2004.