What is Tegaderm
and what is it used for?
For U.S. residents that wish to
purchase Tegaderm Dressings you can convert centimers by the
following:
1 inch = 2.5 centimeters
Tegaderm consists of a thin polyurethane
membrane coated with a layer of an acrylic adhesive. The dressing,
which is permeable to both water vapour and oxygen, is impermeable
to micro-organisms and once in position, it provides an effective
barrier to external contamination, whilst producing a moist
environment at the surface of the wound by reducing water vapour
loss from the exposed tissue. Under these conditions in shallow
wounds, scab formation is prevented and epidermal regeneration
takes place at an enhanced rate, compared with that which occurs
in wounds treated with traditional dry dressings.
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