What is Dressing Retention Tape Used For?
Sterofix dressing retention tape is a premium tape for optimal wound management. It has been specially designed for healthcare professionals, including nurses, doctors, medics, and physiotherapists. As the name suggests, dressing retention tape was developed to safely and efficiently secure dressings in place in a medical setting. However, its many beneficial features cater to a variety of uses.
Designed with flexibility and durability in mind, dressing retention tape adheres to the body easily without causing irritation to the skin. Perfect for securing dressings in place to protect wound areas, dressing retention tape is also easy to measure, cut and remove when required.
Dressing retention tape is made from strong, non-woven polyester fabric tape with a hypoallergenic adhesive safe for use on children or people with sensitive skin. The tape’s flexibility aids easy application, conforming to all areas of the body, and is strong enough to remain secure long-term, even in difficult areas.
Despite its strong adhesive backing, dressing retention tape is easy to remove, allowing for painless dressing changes.
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What is Dressing Retention Tape Used For?
With so many medical tapes, bandages and wound dressing products available, you might be wondering - What is Dressing Retention Tape Used For?
The primary function of dressing retention tape is to hold dressings in place securely, however its strength, flexibility and adhesive qualities mean it can be used for other purposes.
- Large, Non-adhesive Dressings
Dressing retention tape is the best product to use with large, non-adhesive dressings that need to be held in difficult positions such as under the armpit, behind the knee or over the shoulder. For wound healing to be optimised, the benefits of non-adhesive dressings that offer absorption and protection must be supported by a tape strong enough to keep them in place. Dressing retention tape will ensure that the dressing remains in position whether the patient moves around or stays still.
Awkward wounds on or between fingers present a challenge when it comes to keeping a dressing or bandage in place. Dressing retention tape’s flexibility and long-lasting stickiness can help to maintain the position of an awkwardly placed dressing. Dressing retention tape is also easy to trim down to be the right size to reach between and cover complex or sensitive areas.
- Catheters or Drainage Lines
The safe and comfortable insertion and securing of catheters and drainage lines in medical settings is essential. Health care providers can easily secure the external parts of a catheter to the abdomen or upper thigh of a patient’s leg using dressing retention tape. When secured this way, the catheter is kept in place for longer periods of time, even when the patient moves around, and removal of the tape is easy and painless.
- Feeding Tubes
Movement or pulling of feeding tubes run the risk of disturbing or accidentally removing this essential device from its insertion site. Dressing retention tape is a safe, secure and easily removable solution to ensure feeding tubes are kept in place despite body movements.
Sports tape such as zinc-oxide tape offers athletes many benefits, such as protecting fingers and joints from over-extending. Sports physiotherapists may choose to use dressing retention tape beneath areas where sports tape is applied to strengthen the tape, create an easy adhesion surface, and protect sensitive skin underneath. When used in this way, dressing retention tape aids quick and painless removal of sports tape after exercise.
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