Item Brochure

Table of Contents
How to Differentiate 3M
™
Surgical Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3M
™
Transpore
™
White Dressing Tape (perforated blend) . . 4
3M
™
Medipore
™
Soft Cloth Surgical Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
3M
™
Medipore
™
H Soft Cloth Surgical Tape. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3M
™
Micropore
™
Surgical Tape (paper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3M
™
Transpore
™
Surgical Tape (perforated plastic) . . . . . . . 8
3M
™
Durapore
™
Surgical Tape (silk) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
3M
™
Cloth Adhesive Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3M
™
Microfoam
™
Surgical Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
3M
™
Blenderm
™
Surgical Tape (plastic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Notes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Using Tape Effectively. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Considerations in Choosing a Tape for Tube or
Dressing Secural. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Overview of the 3M
™
Surgical Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3M
™
Surgical Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Tape Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tape and Transparent Dressing Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Application Techniques: Tubing Secural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Application Techniques: Dressing Secural . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Reducing the Risk of Superficial Skin Damage . . . . . . . . . . 26
Two Common Taping Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3M
™
Surgical Tapes Sampler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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