3M™ Tegaderm™ Advanced IV Dressings

Transparent film dressings designed to secure the catheter in challenging I.V. applications. Many with notches and borders reinforced with a soft cloth fabric, designed to reduce edge lift and to seal around the insertion site.

Tegaderm™ I.V. Film has a "frame" delivery system. Sterile soft cloth tape strips are also provided with many dressings for anchoring hubs, lumens and tubing. Dressings are waterproof and latex-free; Tegaderm™ Plus Transparent Dressing packaging contains latex. Available in a variety of sizes and shapes to address multiple applications. Tegaderm™ Plus contains an iodophor in the dressing.

{1} - (ital)in vitro(/ital) testing has proven Tegaderm™ and Tegaderm™ HP dressings provide a viral barrier from viruses 27 nm in diameter, (e.g. HCV) or larger (e.g. HBV and HIV) while the dressing remains intact without leakage.

Benefits:

• The CDC/HICPAC Guidelines for the Prevention of Intravascular Catheter-Related Infections base dressing change recommendations on studies with Tegaderm™ Film
• Notched designs provide a better seal around the catheter
• Sterile tape strips are provided on many dressings
• Breathable film allows moisture vapor and oxygen exchange
• Transparency allows monitoring of I.V. sites without the need to remove the dressing
• Picture-frame style allows one-handed application and less waste. Unique, non-adhesive handles allow for hassle-free application (1655 & 1650 designs)
• Waterproof dressing provides a breathable bacterial and viral barrier{1} to outside contaminants and allows the patient to shower
• For pediatric I.V.s, the 1610 dressing, with colorful bears, provides an ideal solution
• Tegaderm™ IV Dressing for Nexiva™ 9525HP is specifically designed for the Becton-Dickenson (BD) Nexiva™ Closed IV Catheter System
• Tegaderm™ Plus (9524 & 9526 designs) dressings contain iodophor impregnated adhesive