3M Tegaderm HP Transparent Film Dressing (8526IN) - Box of 50 Pieces

Product Description :

3M Tegaderm HP Transparent I.V. Film Dressing (8526IN) is a frame style dressing consists of a thin film backing with a non-latex, hypoallergenic adhesive. 3M Tegaderm HP Transparent Film Dressing (8526IN) is breathable, allowing good oxygen and moisture vapor exchange. It is waterproof and impermeable to liquids, bacteria, and viruses. *An intact dressing protects the site from outside contamination.

*In Vitro testing shows that the film of Tegaderm and Tegaderm HP dressing provides a viral barrier from viruses 27nm in diameter or larger while the dressing remains intact without leakage.

3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressings can be used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds, to maintain a moist environment for wound healing, and to secure devices to the skin. Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressings are made with a thin, semi-permeable film that enables long wear time and full site visibility to minimize unnecessary dressing changes.

Indication for Use : Tegaderm TM Film can be used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds, to maintain a moist environment for wound healing or to facilitate autolytic debridement, as a secondary dressing, as a protective cover over at-risk skin, to secure devices to the skin, to cover first and second degree burns, and as a protective eye covering. Do not use the dressing as a replacement for sutures and other primary wound methods.

Suggested Applications :

• Clean, closed surgical incisions
• Skin graft donor sites
• Skin tears and minor excisions
• Superficial partial-thickness burns
• Stage I or II pressure ulcers
• Autolytic debridement facilitated by the moist wound healing environment
• Protective eyelid coverings
• Post tattoo application and removal
• To cover and protect I.V. catheter sites

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Precautions :

1. Do not stretch the dressing application as tension can cause skin trauma. 
2. Make sure the skin is clean, free from soap residue and lotion and allowed to dry throughly before applying the dressing to prevent skin irritation and to ensure good adhesion.
3. Stop any bleeding at the site before applying the dressing.
4. The dressing may be used on an infected site, only when under the care of a health care professional.
5. Antimicrobial ointments containing polyethylene glycols may compromise the strength of the Tegaderm HP Transparent Film Dressings.
6. 3M Transparent I. V. Dressing should be re- sterilized by gamma, E-beam or steam methods

Features & Specifications :

• • Brand : 3M
  

• • Reference : 8526IN

• • Transparent Film Dressing Frame Style

• • Latex Free & Sterile

• • Size : 10 cm x 12 cm

• • Provides a waterproof, sterile barrier to external contaminants including liquids, bacteria and viruses*

• • Gentle to the skin, yet holds catheters and other devices in place

• • Hypoallergenic and not made with natural rubber latex

• • Dressing is conformable and flexes with skin for greater patient comfort

• • Unique shapes and designs for both I.V. and wound needs

• • Tegaderm™ Brand transparent dressings can be used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds, to maintain a moist environment for wound healing, and to secure devices to the skin.

• • Made with a hypoallergenic, latex-free adhesive that is gentle to the skin yet holds catheters and other devices in place.

• • Conformable: dressing flexes with skin for greater patient comfort.

• • Best Practices by ICNA, INS guidelines