This curly wool Australian Medical Sheepskin is a fully CSIRO certified product and registered with the Therapeutics Goods Australia (TGA) as a Medical Device for Pressure alleviation.
Made using carefully selected Australian Sheepskin, this product has an extremely dense curly wool pile that is 30mm thick. It is also Hi-Temp and Urine Resistant, making it suitable for incontinent users.
This Medical Sheepskin product can help prevent and treat pressure sores.
Hi-Temp refers to this product being able to be washed at up to 80 degrees Celsius to allow for thorough disinfection cleaning when required, without damaging the sheepskin. It can also be dried at up to 60 degrees Celsius. Hi-Temp cleaning is important to prevent the spread of infection
The dimensions are 60cm x 90cm which will generally cover pressure points from the shoulder to the lower hips.
The green colour is an Australian Medical standard and represents that this Medical Sheepskin is High-Temp and Urine Resistant. This product meets and exceeds the recognised standard (AS4480.1 1998).
Each product comes fully certified by the CSIRO and is stamped on the underneath side to authenticate this product. Our CSIRO registered Manufacturing ID number is 14 which can be found imprinted on all our certified Medical Sheepskin products.