3M Tegaderm™, 6 inch x 8 inch (15cm x 20cm) Transparent Dressing, Original Frame Style, 1 each
Online medical supplies for home health care. A sterile, waterproof, thin, transparent film dressing. Designed to be applied over I.V. devices, clean skin or wounds, providing a breathable bacterial and viral barrier to outside contaminants. Available in a variety of sizes.
Benefits
* Transparent dressings allow easy monitoring of wounds and I.V.s without the need to remove the dressing.
* Versatiliy allows you to use one product for many applications.
* Dressing conforms to the body and flexes with skin for greater patient comfort.
* Fewer dressing changes reduce cost.
* Unique frame style allows for one-handed application and less dressing waste.
* Breathable film allows moisture vapor and oxygen exchange while providing a moist wound environment for enhanced healing.
* Sterile waterproof dressing provides a bacterial and viral barrier1 to outside contaminants and allows the patient to shower.
For use over catheter sites and devices:
* Peripheral and midline venous catheters
* Central venous catheters (which include subclavian, jugular, femoral and PICCs)
* Pulmonary artery catheters
* Arterial catheters
* Epidural catheters
* Dialysis catheters
* Insulin pump catheters
* Scalp vein needles
* Implanted infusion devices (ports)
* Feeding tubes
For use in wound care and skin protection:
* Clean, closed surgical incisions
* Abrasions, skin tears, blisters
* Skin graft donor sites
* First- and second-degree burns
* Stage I or II pressure ulcers
* Autolytic debridement facilitated by the moist wound healing environment
* Secondary dressing over gauze, alginates or hydrogels
* Protective eye coverings
* Skin protection against moisture, friction
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