3M Medipore Dress-It Dressing Covers Features
- Useful for securing wound dressings, and repeated applications where preservation of "at-risk" skin is critical
- Encourage tissue repair while conforming seamlessly to the contours of the body
- Made of a soft, highly conformable, non-woven polyester
- Gentle, breathable, permeable and stretchable to maintain skin integrity
- Easy to use, with or without gloves, without curling edges, or sticking to itself
- Soft and porous dressing retainer with lengthwise and diagonal stretch
- Not made with natural rubber latex
- Easily removable dressing retainer
- Offer excellent adhesion yet is gentle to reduce risk of skin irritation
- Hypoallergenic
3M Medipore Dress-It Brochure
What to buy with 3M Medipore Dressing Covers
How to use Medipore Pre-Cut Dressing Retainers?
- Hold the tabbed end as you peel one dressing cover from the pad
- Lay the dressing cover over the gauze or area you are covering
- Remove the paper tab and secure dressing tape by rubbing or pressing it into place
Medipore Dress It Dressing Covers Applications:
- When repeated taping is needed
- Securing dressings
- Used as retentive sheeting over gauze
- Anchoring post-surgical dressings
- Securing over areas where skin may stretch (e.g., edema, distention, hematoma formation, or movement)
3M Medipore Pre-Cut FAQs
Q.Are Medipore dressing covers hypoallergenic & natural rubber latex-free?
A: Yes. They are hypoallergenic and latex-free.
Q.Where can I find the expiration date?
A: The expiration date is embossed on the end of the tape box following the hourglass symbol. The lot number and expiration date cannot be printed inside the rolls because of limitations in space and printers.
Q.Are Medipore dressing covers sterile? Can they be sterilized?
A: They are sold clean, not sterile. They may be sterilized by ethylene oxide but NOT by steam (autoclave). Although 3M provides guidelines, it is up to the facility to ensure sterility. At this time, Sterrad™ processing with hydrogen peroxide is not recommended for Medipore products.
3M Medipore Dress-It FAQs
