3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Roll [1]
This non-sterile version of 3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Dressing provides all the benefits of a surgical tape while providing a waterproof, bacterial and viral barrier.
3M Health Care, with newly-acquired KCI, focuses on providing better care through patient-centered science, helping transform patient outcomes by stewarding skin, reducing the risk of preventable complications and restoring lives.
• Provides a waterproof barrier to external contaminants including liquid, bacteria and viruses
• Conformable; fits body contours and permits free movement without stress on the skin
• Can be used for fixation of medical devices or infusion tubes
• Can be cut and customized to desired length
• Easy-to-deliver system
3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Roll can be used to cover and protect catheter sites and wounds, to maintain a moist environment for wound healing or to facilitate autolytic debridement, as a secondary dressing, as a protective cover over at-risk skin, to secure devices to the skin, to cover first- and second-degree burns and as a protective eye covering. Do not use the dressing as a replacement for sutures and other primary wound closure methods.
Stop any bleeding at the site before applying the dressing.
Do not stretch the dressing during application as tension can cause skin trauma.
Make sure the skin is clean, free of soap residue and lotion and allowed to dry thoroughly before applying the dressing to prevent skin irritation and to ensure good adhesion.
The dressing may be used on an infected site only when under the care of a health care professional.
Antimicrobial ointments containing polyethylene glycol may compromise the strength of the 3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Roll.
3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Roll should not be re-sterilized by gamma, E-beam or steam methods.
3M™ Tegaderm™ Transparent Film Roll should be changed when wound drainage extends beyond the wound edges or when the dressing begins to leak. Grasp one edge of the dressing and gently pull straight out to stretch it and release adhesion, carefully holding onto skin with other hand. If necessary, press a small piece of tape onto a corner to start an edge of the dressing. By stretching the dressing, the material expands and releases until the dressing is removed.
| Adhesive border | |
| Antimicrobial format available | |
| Conforms readily to wound | ● |
| Cuttable | ● |
| Impermeable to outside contaminants | |
| Moisture vapor permeable | |
| Moldable | |
| One-piece removal | |
| Self-adhering | |
| Usable on infected wounds | |
| Variety of sizes | ● |
| Educational Material Available | ● |
| Free Samples/Trials Available | |
| Published Clinical Article Available |