Activon Tube

Product Description

Activon Tube contains 100% Manuka honey with no additives from New Zealand. Our Manuka honey is filtered and sterilised, making it suitable for application to wounds. Manuka honey will de-bride and de-slough, eliminate odours and provides a moist wound healing environment.

Activon Tube is ideal for debriding necrotic tissue, or for topping up dressings where the honey has been washed away by exudate. Great for using in cavities, just wash away with saline solution.

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Use

Twist off cap, apply liberally to the wound bed to a minimum depth of 5mm and cover with an appropriate secondary dressing. Activon Tube is a single patient use only product, once opened use within 4 days.

Initially you may experience high levels of exudate, this is perfectly normal and will decrease over time, therefore your secondary dressing of choice may initially need to be super absorbent, we recommend Eclypse.

Top tip

Use Activon Tube in conjunction with Algivon for debriding and de-sloughing.

Indications

Activon Tube is ideal for debriding necrotic tissue; it’s ideal for topping up dressings where the honey is washed away or great for using directly into cavities. Honey can be washed away using normal saline solution. As honey is a natural product any remaining honey will not have any adverse effects.

Activon Tube may be applied to any wound but especially: Pressure ulcers, leg ulcers, diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, burns, graft sites, infected wounds, cavity wounds and sinuses

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Contra-indications

Although the honey is not absorbed into the blood stream, we advise monitoring the levels of patients with diabetes. Do not use if allergic to bee venom.

Discomfort can be experienced when honey is applied, depending on sensitivity of the wound it may be necessary to consider an appropriate level of analgesic. The initial discomfort usually subsides, however if it does continue, discontinue use and irrigate the wound with saline solution.

Features

Manuka honey brings the following properties:

• Anti-bacterial, effectively kills harmful bacteria
• Anti-inflammatory
• Eliminates odours without masking them
• Osmotic effect, drawing harmful tissue away from the wound bed
• Maintains the ideal moist wound healing environment

Ordering

If you are a pharmacy you can obtain our products through your wholesaler, even if they do not stock the product on their shelf it can be ordered as a special for you. Alternatively you can set up an account directly with Advancis Medical, please call 01623 751500.

If you are part of the NHS, our products are available through NHS Supply Chain, ordering codes are in the table above.

If you are a member of the public, Advancis Manuka honey products can be ordered on this website by visiting the Honey shop, all products are available on prescription from your GP.