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2. Surgical tape - Wikipedia

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   Surgical tape or medical tape is a type of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape [1] used in medicine and first aid to hold a bandage or other dressing onto a wound. These tapes usually have a hypoallergenic adhesive which is designed to hold firmly onto skin, dressing materials, and underlying layers of tape, but to remove easily without damaging ...

3. Wound closure strip - Wikipedia

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   Wound care with Steri-Strip tape and glue. Wound closure strips are ideal for use in highly contoured areas or areas of musculoskeletal movements, such as joints. They are also for use in areas where swelling, edema, hematomas, or bloating may occur. [citation needed] Additionally, they provide wound support following early suture or staple ...

4. Pressure-sensitive adhesive - Wikipedia

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   Removable adhesives are used in applications such as surface protection films, masking tapes, bookmark and note papers, price marking labels, promotional graphics materials, and for skin contact (wound care dressings, EKG electrodes, athletic tape, transdermal drug patches, etc.). Some removable adhesives are designed to repeatedly stick and ...

5. 7 Items To Buy From Dollar Tree for Your DIY Emergency Kit

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   Available in six designs, each kit comes equipped with 18 fabric bandages in assorted sizes, two wound dressings and a roll of paper tape. Batteries Price: $1.25 per unit

6. Adhesive bandage - Wikipedia

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   The adhesive sheet is usually a woven fabric, plastic (PVC, polyethylene or polyurethane), or latex strip. It may or may not be waterproof; if it is airtight, the bandage is an occlusive dressing. The adhesive is commonly an acrylate, including methacrylates and epoxy diacrylates (which are also known as vinyl resins). [2]

7. Dressing (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   It protects the wound from bacterial contamination, absorbs wound discharge, and digests necrotic tissues. It is mostly use as secondary dressing. However, it is not used in wound with high discharge and neuropathic ulcers. [9] Alginate dressing: This type of dressing is made up of either sodium or calcium salt of alginic acid. This dressing ...