- Optimal gelling profile allows dressing to avoid sticking to the wound bed and helps maintain physical integrity to allow removal from the wound in one piece
- Highly absorptive, non-occlusive
- Can be used to fill or pack the dead space in a wound
- Sheet
- Helps absorb moderate to heavy amounts of wound exudate and may help control minor bleeding
- May be trimmed to fit wound dimensions
- A secondary dressing is needed to hold alginates in place and to protect the wound from outside contaminants