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What is the purpose of medical tape? What are the differences between medical tape and normal tape
2023-05-26
One, What is the purpose of tape?
Medical tape is a kind of medical consumable that has been strictly sterilised and used in medical activities, for wound or post-operative dressing. The role of medical tape is to isolate the wound from the outside world, prevent bacterial invasion of the wound causing inflammation, and to promote the healing of the wound, giving the affected area a full range of protection.
It is used in the fields of general surgery, laparoscopy, neurology, cardiothoracic, obstetrics and gynaecology, urology, orthopaedics, etc. It is also very effective.
Second, what are the differences between medical tape and ordinary tape?
1, medical tape needs better breathability, while ordinary tape is not. In order to get a better breathability, usually medical tape in the glue on the choice of dots, mesh or interval stripes and other forms, rather than the full width of the ordinary tape used to coat.
2, medical tape requires non-allergenic and bio-soluble, as medical tape is applied to the patient's skin and cannot be used for allergic reactions, while ordinary tape does not have this requirement.
3, medical tape on the sticky requirements of the special, not too sticky, not sticky, need to have a certain viscosity can stick to the infusion tube and skin, but when peeled off and can not cause pain, so the viscosity of the grasp than ordinary tape is more difficult to control. As long as the tape is sticky enough, there is no problem.
4, the most obvious difference between medical tape and ordinary tape is the smell. The smell of ordinary tape is very big, no need to get close to a pungent smell, which is also related to its stickiness. The medical tape is not at all, because the people facing the special, the smell is very sensitive, so the medical tape is safer, odorless.
Third, can ordinary tape replace medical tape?
No, it cannot.
In the medical industry, all things regardless of size are the result of excellence, a small medical tape are so much more elaborate, ordinary tape according to their own needs do not need to do medical tape so precise, in order to fit the industry, but also to maximize their value. The use of ordinary tape instead of medical tape can affect wound healing and skin health.
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