Tegaderm by 3M

Tegaderm by 3M

• Notches are reinforced to reduce mechanical stress from heavy catheters
• Sterile tape strips enhance secural
• Waterproof
• Transparent, breathable, and impermeable to liquids

Tegaderm Dressing

Tegaderm Transparent Dressing is a sterile, waterproof, clear, thin film dressing. Tegaderm Dressing can be applied over I.V. devices, clean skin or wounds, and provides a breathable bacterial barrier to outside contaminants. 2-3/8 inch x 2-3/4 inch (6cm x 7cm) Transparent Film Dressing Frame Style. Box of 100

Benefits of Tegaderm Dressing:

• 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.
• Sterile, waterproof dressing provides a bacterial and viral barrier to outside contaminants.
• Allows the patient to shower.

Tegaderm Dressings have been tested in laboratories for assured performance laboratory testing has proven Tegaderm dressings provide a viral barrier (HIV-1 and HBV) while the dressings remain intact without leakage.