3M Tegaderm Transparent Dressing consists of a thin film backing with a non-latex, hypoallergenic adhesive. The dressing is breathable, allowing good oxygen and moisture vapour exchange.
It is waterproof and impermeable to liquids, bacteria and viruses (including HIV-1 and HBV). An intact dressing protects the site from outside contamination.
Tegaderm transparent dressings can be used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds, to maintain a moist environment for wound healing, as a secondary dressing, as a protective cover over at risk skin, to secure devices to the skin and as a protective eye covering. It can also be used to maintain a moist wound environment to facilitate autolytic debridement.
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Do not use the dressing as a replacement for sutures and other primary wound closure methods.
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