Question: is xeroform a hydrocolloid dressing?
Answer: Hydrogel dressings consist of a starch polymer and up to 96% water. ... Examples include paraffin gauze dressing, BP 1993 and Xeroform (Covidien) dressing ‐ a non‐adherent petrolatum blend with 3% bismuth tribromophenate on fine mesh gauze. Odour‐absorbent dressings contain charcoal and are used to absorb wound odour.