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2. 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 ...

3. 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 ...

4. Adhesive bandage - Wikipedia

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   A wound held closed with butterfly closures. Transdermal patches are adhesive bandages with the function to distribute medication through the skin, rather than protecting a wound. [6] Butterfly closures, also known as butterfly stitches, are generally thin adhesive strips which can be used to close small wounds. They are applied perpendicular ...

5. 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 ...

6. Hydrocolloid dressing - Wikipedia

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   The dressing is applied to a cleaned wound. Hydrocolloid patches are sometimes used on the face for acne. Smaller sizes are used on acne, not only to get rid of acne, but to avoid acne scars. [7] They are also used to secure nasogastric tubes or CPAP masks to the patient's face.

7. Pressure-sensitive tape - Wikipedia

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   Pressure-sensitive tape or pressure-sensitive adhesive tape (PSA tape) is an adhesive tape that sticks when pressure is applied without the need for a solvent (such as water) or heat for activation. It is also known in various countries as self-stick tape , sticky tape , or just adhesive tape and tape , as well as genericized trademarks , such ...