Bandage

A bandage is a device making it possible to cover a Plaie located on the Peau.

With the Quebec, the Band Aid is sometimes indicated plaster , common noun in English.

The bandage has several goals:

  • to protect the wound (against a Infection, an irritation);
  • to allow a better cicatrization by preserving the moisture of the wound;
  • to put an end to a tiny bleeding by compressing the small vessels;
  • to bring closer the banks to a wound.

Various types of bandages

  • One of its most common forms in the daily life is appeared as a fine compress maintained on the wound by an adhesive.
  • the permeable semi adhesive film makes it possible to let pass the air and the steam. It is very flexible and can be used on the level of articulations for example.
  • This last can be associated with a layer with freezing hydro Colloïde S, with Alginate S or hydrogel, allowing better a hydration of the wound and a favoured cicatrization. The choice of a type of bandage depends on the more or less exsudatif character of the wound (producing water more or less) and its percentage of moisture.

Freezing can be impregnated in certain products: Disinfectant S, Corticoid S to limit too important buddings.

Undesirable effects of the bandages

  • the patient can be allergic to the one of the components of the bandage: plastic film, freezing, adhesive.
  • a too adhesive or desiccated bandage can be painful with ablation.
  • a nontransparent bandage can obstruct the inspection of the wound.
  • a too occlusive bandage involves risks of maceration, which supports the infections.

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