3M Medipore +Pad Soft Cloth Adhesive Wound Dressing

3M Medipore Pad Adhesive Wound Dressing Features

• Enhances patient comfort: 3M Medipore Pad features a non adhering pad that does not stick to the wound surface. It is soft, breathable and reduces disruption of the healing tissues on removal.
• Gentle to the skin: This Composite Dressing provides excellent adhesion, but is gentle to the skin. Contains no natural rubber latex.
• Helps support healing: Absorbent pad lets the skin breathe for faster healing. It protects the wound and absorbs drainage. Medipore dressing reduces the potential for maceration around the wound edges.
• Conformable: Conforms to body movements and contours.

Medipore Plus Pad Benefits

• Highly breathable
• Hold on strongly, yet are easily removed
• Gentle, highly absorbent
• Convenient, all-in-one dressing reduces application time
• Easy to handle–no curling or self-adhesion
• Does not irritate skin
• Easy to apply and remove
• Allows for air in and moisture out
• Excellent cross and diagonal stretch
• Smaller size perfect for dressing wounds like ulcers on toes and feet
• Latex free composite dressing
• Sterile

Medipore Dressing Uses

Primary Dressing Applications

• Post-surgical dressings - especially on areas where swelling or movement is expected
• Closed intact surgical wound
• Open surgical wounds
• Acute wounds, such as cuts, abrasions, laceration
• Neuropathic ulcers
• Skin tear
• Superficial partial thickness burns
• Light-to-moderately draining wounds
• Fragile skin
• Dialysis catheters
• Chronic wounds

Secondary Dressing Applications

• 3M Medipore +Pad Soft Cloth Adhesive Wound Dressing can be used over alginates, hydrogels, gauze or other primary dressings

What to buy with 3M Medipore Pad

• 3M Wound Cleanser
• 3M Steri-Strip Adhesive Skin Closure Strips

How to apply Medipore Plus Pad Dressing?

Prior Application Instructions:

• Prepare the site for catheter insertion or wound dressing in accordance with standard hospital protocol
• Clipping off excess hair at the site may be necessary to ensure best Medipore dressing adhesion
• Shaving is not recommended
• Allow all prep liquids to dry completely before dressing application

Directions for Use:

1. Open package and remove 3M Medipore +Pad Soft Cloth Adhesive Wound Dressing.
2. Peel the paper liner from the dressing, exposing the adhesive surface.
3. Position the dressing over the wound site or the catheter insertion site and apply dressing.
4. Smooth down the dressing edges. Seal securely around catheter or wound site. Firmly smooth adhesive border to the skin.
5. When exudate penetrate through the soft cloth backing, change the dressing.
6. To remove 3M Medipore Pad, gently grasp the edge and slowly peel the dressing from the skin in the direction of hair growth.

Warnings:

• Medipore +Pad adhesive wound dressing should not be used to replace sutures or other primary wound closure methods.
• The dressing should be changed if not intact. An intact dressing is one that has been properly applied to achieve and maintain good adhesion, at least around the total periphery of the dressing. To attain the best results, choose the Medipore dressing size such that it has a margin which adheres to dry, healthy skin around the wound site.
• The site should be observed frequently for signs of infection. Infection may be signaled by pain, fever, swelling, redness, or an unusual odor or discharge. In such case remove the dressing and take standard precautions.

Precautions:

• Before applying the dressing, hemostasis of the catheter site or wound should be achieved
• The skin should be dry and free of detergent residue to ensure good adhesion
• If tension is applied, it may result in skin trauma

Medipore Storage and Shelf Life

• Store 3M Medipore +Pad Soft Cloth Adhesive Wound Dressing in normal room temperature, 59 86 degrees F (15 30 degrees C)
• For shelf life, refer to the expiration date which is printed on each package