Medihoney and Santyl for Burn Injuries

MEDIHONEY® GEL WITH ACTIVE LEPTOSPERMUM HONEY dressing is manufactured by the company Derma Sciences, Inc. and is a moist dressing made of Active Leptospermum Honey (+15) in combination with natural gelling agents. The gelling agents act to maintain the physical integrity and viscosity of the dressing, even in the presence of body heat and fluids. As a percentage of the overall dressing, MEDIHONEY® GEL dressings contains 80% honey. The dressing has a low pH and can help to lower the overall pH of wounds. The dressing also possesses a high osmotic potential, which assists in debridement.

SANTYL® Ointment is an FDA-approved sterile enzymatic debriding ointment which contains 250 collagenase units per gram of white petrolatum USP. The enzyme SANTYL® is derived from the fermentation by Clostridium histolyticum. It possesses the unique ability to digest collagen in necrotic tissue. SANTYL® Ointment is indicated for debriding chronic dermal ulcers and severely burned areas.