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Primary wound care products fall short in complex wound environments, often delivering singular benefits and forcing clinicians to combine multiple products to address basic healing needs. VasheGel not only delivers the singular benefits of other products, but its hypochlorous acid formulation enables it to perform far beyond:
Addresses bioburden
* Clarivate Market Share Data, Cleansers, June 2023
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