Product Description.:
Transparent film dressings used to cover and secure I.V. sites to protect at-risk skin, or as a primary or secondary dressing over acute wounds, surgical sites, and chronic wounds. Available in a variety of sizes and shapes.
Tegaderm? Film has a frame and ?first aid? delivery system that makes placement quick and easy. Breathable film provides a bacterial and viral barrier{1} to outside contaminants. 3M offers two, unique, different transparent adhesive dressing systems (standard and HP), giving the clinician a choice for patients with sensitive skin or a need for increased holding power in the presence of moisture.
Additional Tegaderm? Film sizes and configurations can be found in these sections:
3M? Tegaderm? Transparent Film Dressing?I.V. Application
3M? Tegaderm? Transparent Film Dressing?Wound Application
Laboratory testing has proven Tegaderm? and Tegaderm? HP dressings provide a viral barrier (HIV-1 and HBV) while the dressings remain intact without leakage.
Benefits
* Versatility allows you to use one product for many applications. Breathable film allows moisture vapor and oxygen exchange.
* For I.V. sites, water vapor and oxygen are easily exchanged to permit normal functioning of the skin.
* Provides a moist environment for enhanced wound healing, as viscous wound exudate is more slowly evaporated through the breathable film.
* Unique, thin film conforms to the body and flexes with the skin for greater patient comfort.
* Sterile, waterproof dressing provides a bacterial and viral barrier1 to outside contaminants and allows the patient to shower.
* The dressings are available in a variety of sizes and shapes to address both wound and I.V. applications.
* Tegaderm? Roll has a preferred delivery system that allows it to be applied with gloved hands. Tegaderm? Roll provides all the benefits of surgical tape, while providing a waterproof, bacterial, viral {sup1} barrier.
Laboratory testing has proven Tegaderm? and Tegaderm? HP dressings provide a viral barrier (HIV-1 and HBV) while the dressings remain intact without leakage.
Suggested Applications
To cover and protect I.V. catheter sites and secure devices to the skin:
* Peripheral and midline venous catheters
* Central venous catheters
* Implanted infusion devices (ports)
* Dialysis catheters
* Pulmonary artery catheters
* Arterial catheters
* Epidural catheters
For use in wound care and skin protection:
* Clean, closed surgical incisions
* Abrasions, skin tears, blisters
* Skin graft donor sites
* Superficial partial thickness burns
* Stage I or II pressure ulcers
* Autolytic debridement facilitated by the moist wound healing environment
* Secondary dressing
* Protective eye coverings
* Skin protection against moisture, friction
