Donate Wound Care Supplies

Supply Donation Guidelines

Thank you for supporting the Foundation for Wound Care Access & Education (FWAE). Your donations help us provide critical wound care materials to patients in need and enhance our educational and training programs.

Please review the following guidelines before donating:

1. Acceptable Donations for Patient Use

We gratefully accept new, unopened, and unexpired wound care supplies, including:

• Adhesive and non-adherent dressings, hydrocolloid, alginate, and foam dressings, silver and methylene blue dressings, contact layers

• Gauze pads and rolls, elastic bandages (ACE wraps), cohesive bandages (Coban, self-adherent wraps)

• Tape and securement products

• Wound cleansers, saline, skin protectants and barrier creams (sealed containers)

• Disposable gloves (nitrile preferred, all sizes)

• Disposable underpads (sealed packaging only)

• Cotton tipped applicators (sealed packaging only)

• Offloading pads or foam protectors (new/unused only)
• Compression stockings (new/unworn only)

• Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) devices, foam and canisters (unopened)

All items must be in their original, sealed packaging and clearly labeled by the manufacturer. Items containing patient names are not accepted.

2. Acceptable Donations for Education & Training

FWAE also accepts select expired or near-expired supplies for use in educational demonstrations and skills training, such as:

• ABD pads, kling or rolled gauze

• Bordered dressings, non-medicated foam or hydrocolloid dressings

• Demo wound models (foam or silicone-based)

• Disposable underpads (chux)

Expired items are never used for direct patient care — they support hands-on education for clinicians, patients, and caregivers.

3. Items We Cannot Accept

To ensure safety and compliance, we cannot accept:

• Opened or partially used supplies (even supplies for education & training)

• Medications, topical ointments, or prescription products

• Liquids or solutions that are leaking, unsealed, or unlabeled

• Sharps, needles, or lancets

• Used or soiled materials 

• Items containing patient names and/or information

4. Packaging & Drop-Off

• Please place items in a clean, sturdy box or bag.

• Fill out our Supply Form or include a brief note with your name, organization (if applicable), and contact email.

• Donations can be shipped or dropped off by at our main FWAE office.

• We may be able to pick up your donation: contact us for more information.

5. Acknowledgment

If you’d like a donation acknowledgment letter for your records, please include your mailing or email address with your package.