The ‘Tegaderm 2-3/8×2-3/4 100/BX, 4 BX/CS – 1634’ is a transparent film dressing by 3M, designed to provide a sterile barrier to external contaminants including liquids, bacteria, and viruses. The dressing is breathable, allowing good oxygen and moisture vapor exchange, and is also waterproof and impermeable to liquids, bacteria, and viruses.
The Tegaderm dressing is versatile and can be used to protect I.V. sites, enhance wound healing, prevent skin breakdown, and protect clean, closed surgical incisions. It’s easy to apply thanks to its unique frame delivery system, and its gentle adhesive is hypoallergenic and latex-free, making it gentle on the skin while securely holding catheters and other devices in place.
This dressing is also conformable, flexing with the skin for greater patient comfort, and its transparency allows for continuous visibility to the I.V. insertion site. The Tegaderm dressing seals in natural wound fluid to maintain a moist environment, enhancing the healing process, and its transparency allows wounds and I.V. sites to be easily monitored.
This product is hypoallergenic, sterile, and comes in an octagon shape with dimensions of 2-3/8 inch by 2-3/4 inch. It’s suitable for a variety of applications including covering and protecting I.V. catheter sites, acute and chronic wounds, skin protection, feeding tubes, superficial partial thickness burns, stage I or II pressure ulcers, and more. The product number is 1634, and it’s manufactured by 3M under the Tegaderm brand.