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Needles 23G X 32mm
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Disposable hospital/isolation gown (50gsm)
Though The terms ‘dressing’ and ‘bandage’ are often used to mean the same thing, In fact, the term ‘dressing’ refers more correctly to the primary layer in contact with the wound
A bandage is a piece of material used either to covering wounds, to keep dressings in place, to applying pressure controlling bleeding, to support a medical device such as a splint, or on its own to provide support to the body. It can also be used to restrict a part of the body.
Dressing
Dressings are used to cover wounds, prevent contamination and control bleeding.
In providing first aid we commonly used self-adhesive dressings or gauze dressings :
including specific types for placement on fingertips.
tape or by wrapping with a gauze strip (bandage).
Dressings must be sterile and absorbent to deter the growth of bacteria and should be left in place
until the wound heals, unless it needs to be regularly cleaned.
Bandage
The three major types of bandages are:
roller bandages (a long surgical bandage rolled up for convenient application),
tubular bandages (tubular bandage is used for a wide variety of applications. It is used to retain wound dressings and padding material, as well as to protect the skin under plaster and synthetic casts and compression bandages and
triangular bandages. ( Triangular Bandage are primarily used for
all Bandages from Roller Bandages, Triangular bandages, and Tubular Bandage are necessary for :
There is a specific bandage made for each of these tasks
Surgical suture is a medical device used to hold body tissues together after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. A number of different shapes, sizes, and thread materials have been developed