What is an adhesive bandage?
Adhesive dressing is a wound bandage that is covered with glue. The adhesive allows the bandages to hold directly to the area where it is applied and eliminates the need to use a bandage tape or similar materials to connect the bandage. Many drug stores carry adhesive bandages in a number of sizes and styles for various applications. It is also available through medical supply stores and medical catalogs, along with accessories such as dressing, which can be useful for cutting bandages to the desired size and shape. It protects the wound and reduces the risk that infectious agents enter and colonize the area. They also collect exudate, the material that leaks from the wound, which can be important from hygienic and aesthetic perspective. The dressings can also be used to maintain wet mounds and support for recovery. There are a number of dressing styles, along with the bandages that connect them, and in the case of a bandage, bandage and bandage are combined in one unit for efficiency.
The species can be made of different materials including cotton and various synthetic fibers. The dressing area without adhesive can be treated so that they do not hold the wounds because it is a common problem. The treatment makes the bandage slippery and is usually permeable so that the liquids that leak from the wound can pass through it and absorb the bandage. When the bandage needs to be removed, the treated areas should be easily peeled without tearing.
adhesives usually bordered the bandage and leave the center free depending on the design. The adhesive dressing is sometimes designed as a strip of material, while the ends are adhesive and act as cards that hold it. In other cases, the adhesive treatment can bordered all the edges of the bandage so that it can be attached all the way around the wound.
In addition to adhesives, bandages can also be treated with other materials for specific wounds such as antibiotics to prevent infection. One thing to be careful when applying adhesiveHo bandage is the location of adhesive areas; In general, it is wise to avoid the introduction of the adhesive directly into the wound or around its edges, not least, because the dressing will be painful to remove. Sometimes it may be necessary to trim the bandage or use a slightly larger size to prevent this problem.