Medical gauze and medical bandages are commonly used medical items, which are mainly used to treat wounds and prevent wound infections. So, what are the effects and functions of these two medical products, next, the editor will give you a specific description of what are the differences between medical gauze and medical bandages?
Medical bandages are mainly used to bandage wounds to prevent wound infection. Surgery, orthopedics and traumatology, varicose veins of the lower extremities, blood circulation caused by swelling of the limbs and fractures of the limbs after the removal of the plaster of the swelling disease.
Medical bandages are mainly divided into gauze bandage or elastic bandage, mainly used to bandage wounds to prevent wound infection. Surgery, orthopedics and traumatology, varicose veins of the lower extremities, blood circulation caused by swelling of the limbs and fractures of the limbs after the removal of the plaster of the swelling disease.
Medical bandages are divided into cotton gauze bandages and elastic bandages.
1, cotton gauze bandage: mainly used for hospital surgery and home in vitro wound after dressing, fixed.
2, elastic bandage: mainly used for varicose veins of the lower extremities, orthopedics and traumatology patients to improve blood circulation and prevent limb swelling. It can also replace the multi-head abdominal belt after surgery, and is used for pressure dressing or general trauma dressing in different parts of the human body.
Precautions for the purchase and use of medical bandages: ① are generally sold in non-sterile medical products. If the use of medical bandages in the wound, should be considered in isolation from the wound; ② purchase medical bandages to see the appearance of the product. The product should be white, no macula, no pollution, no serious webbing or broken silk.
Medical gauze refers to defatted gauze: requires high temperature disinfection, chlorine and oxygen double bleaching. Used for medical supplies, etc. In particular, it is used to bandage the wound after disinfection. To purchase regular medical gauze, the packaging before the factory is sterilized, as long as the packaging is intact, no expiration date, is safe, however, it should be noted that what is not used up after opening the package belongs to the bacteria. Yellow gauze, that is, oil gauze is not only the function of disinfection. The drugs on it have convergence wound, anti-inflammatory and prevent the effect of gauze and wound Adhesion. Ordinary disinfection gauze does not have these effects, if the wound wound has exudate, with ordinary gauze will make the gauze and flesh and blood together, uncovering will cause the wound to bleed again.
Medical gauze introduction
1. The composition of medical gauze. Medical gauze is made of cotton fiber of mature seeds that have not been repeatedly processed. It is made of cotton fiber by spinning yarn, and then degreased, bleached and refined for medical use. Medical gauze products generally have folding and roll forms.
(1) Folding the gauze into the required size, then fold with a flap to reach the required lamination, and then carry out small packaging.
(2) Roll the bleached gauze into a roll, including one, two, three, and four layers, depending on the needs.
2, the use is mainly applicable to hospital, Infirmary surgery and home health care such as disposable blood sucking, Medicine application.
3. Whiteness of basic quality requirements: The whiteness of medical gauze should not be less than 80 degrees.
4. Precautions for purchase and use of medical gauze first depends on the packaging label and product manual of the finished product. Generally, there are two ways to supply finished products, one is non-sterile and the other is sterile. Whether it is manufactured in a sterile or non-sterile manner, the manufacturer's product manual or finished product packaging should be stated for the convenience of users to purchase and use.
