![]() ![]() ![]() Some people have allergies to some of these materials, particularly latex and some adhesives. This is especially common in dressings used on blisters, as the gel acts as a cushion. In some bandages, the pad is made of a water-absorbing hydrogel. The pad may also be medicated with an antiseptic solution. The absorbent pad is often made of cotton, and there is sometimes a thin, porous-polymer coating over the pad, to keep it from sticking to the wound. The adhesive is commonly an acrylate, including methacrylates and epoxy diacrylates (which are also known as vinyl resins). It may or may not be waterproof if it is airtight, the bandage is an occlusive dressing. The adhesive sheet is usually a woven fabric, plastic ( PVC, polyethylene or polyurethane), or latex strip. The backing and bag are often made of coated paper, but may be made of plastic. An entirely transparent adhesive bandage, with a transparent hydrogel pad and adhesive waterproof plastic film (removable backing is blue and white). They come in a variety of sizes and shapes.Ī hydrogel dressing. Adhesive bandages are generally packaged in a sealed, sterile bag, with a backing covering the sticky side the backing is removed as the bandage is applied. The pad is placed against the wound, and overlapping edges of the sticky material are smoothed down so they stick to the surrounding skin. Design Īn adhesive bandage is a small, flexible sheet of material which is sticky on one side, with a smaller, non-sticky, absorbent pad stuck to the sticky side. An additional function is to hold the two cut ends of the skin together to make the healing process faster. Some of the dressings have antiseptic properties. ![]() Thus, the healing process of the body is less disturbed. The adhesive bandage protects the wound and scab from friction, bacteria, damage, and dirt. They are also known by the genericized trademarks of Band-Aid (as "band-aid" or "band aid" in Australia, Canada, India and the US) or Elastoplast (in the UK). To learn more about how and for what purposes Amazon uses personal information (such as Amazon Store order history), please visit our Privacy Notice.Opened adhesive bandage, showing the non-adhesive absorbent pad, adhesive area (colored) and backing (peeled back)Īn adhesive bandage, also called a sticking plaster, medical plaster, or simply plaster in British English, is a small medical dressing used for injuries not serious enough to require a full-size bandage. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie Preferences, as described in the Cookie Notice. Click ‘Customise Cookies’ to decline these cookies, make more detailed choices, or learn more. Third parties use cookies for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalised ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. This includes using first- and third-party cookies, which store or access standard device information such as a unique identifier. If you agree, we’ll also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. We also use these cookies to understand how customers use our services (for example, by measuring site visits) so we can make improvements. We use cookies and similar tools that are necessary to enable you to make purchases, to enhance your shopping experiences and to provide our services, as detailed in our Cookie Notice. ![]()
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