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This 9 page report discusses the differences between Tegaderm™, or transparent film dressings and the traditional gauze-pad-tape form of dressing for a central venous catheter. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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or invasive procedures. For example, a semipermeable adhesive dressing such as Tegaderm has a wide range of applications but are not suitable for heavily-exudating wounds but is a good choice
in dressing a venous catheter. Traditional "pad/gauze/tape" dressings also have their place and are often the most suitable of all possible dressing. In terms of the incidence of infection, a
number of factors must be considered in order to assure that variables other than the type of dressing used are not the influencing factor in the infection. For example, do
neonates already have a higher rate of catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI) than adults? (They do.) Or is there a significant difference between the occurrence of infection related to an alcohol
skin-scrub compared to the use of iodine? Having isolated and controlled such variables then allows for the separate evaluation of gauze versus Tegaderm-type dressings. Making the Right Choice of Dressing
Pontieri-Lewis (1999) points out that there are more than "2,500 different types of topical wound care products on the market for treating both acute and chronic wounds" (pp. 267). There
are hydrocolloid dressings, hydrogel dressings, polyurethane foam dressings, transparent film dressings, and the old stand-by of simple sterile gauze and surgical tape. Therefore, the most important consideration to be made
is which dressing best serves which kind of invasive would. It would certainly seem obvious that a gunshot wound would require radically different dressing than that used for the excision
of a mole or an arthroscopic joint surgery. As Pontieri-Lewis puts it: "and dressing choice should focus on the patients overall health status, etiology of the wound, and the micro-environment
of the wound" (pp. 267). For example, determining whether or not compression is necessary, how often the dressing will need to be changed, whether or not their is dead
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