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(More customer reviews)Every time you remove adhesive tape from skin, it takes skin cells with it.This stuff (Cavilon Barrier Film Wipes), which is very easy to use, provides a layer for the tape to take instead of skin.You wipe a wet sponge applicator on the skin, and the fluid dries to a clear plastic coating.
Personal story:A couple of years ago, someone close to me was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.Given that, she has been very lucky (living almost normally now, and cancer-free for 2 years now), but her medical life since her Whipple surgery has included reconstructive surgeries whose complications have resulted in chronic wounds, hence the need for lots of dressing-changes -- including those with tape-adhered gauze on top and the VAC therapy kind (adhered with a large adhesive sheet, changed twice a week).She's in her late 70's, and the cancer surgery complications left her skin somewhat fragile.
We found out about barrier film wipes (Cavilon brand) from the homecare nurse who came to change her VAC dressing; they also had them (Allkare brand) at the wound care center at a local hospital we visited.There's a spray version of this product, by the way, but the wipes give more control of application (keeping barrier substance out of the wound, for example).
These wipes may seem a little pricey, but they're well worth it, to save fragile skin from irritation which can cause pain and possibly lead to skin break-down and even infection.
I prefer the Cavilon brand, which has in each packet a one-use tiny sponge applicator.Another family member prefers the Allkare brand because the applicator, which is more like a tiny square of thick paper-towel, is "jucier".
Be advised:whichever brand you use, there will be a build-up of residue left where no tape is put over the applied barrier film/fluid, so that has to be dealt with.You can peel it off (easier if you first apply an extraneous layer of the barrier fluid), but it can flake, so you have to take care to keep the plastic flakes/particles out of the wound area.They make wipes of adhesive-tape remover that can be used to remove this barrier film residue also.Allkare makes one that you have to cleanse the skin after using.Triad makes one that does not require cleansing afterwards.They seem to me to work about equally well.
(Of course, if regular showering/bathing is allowed, the plastic residue should come off easily with a little soap&water and gentle scrubbing.)
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3M Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film. A sting free, alcohol free liquid barrier film that dries quickly to form a breathable, transparent coating on the skin. Designed to protect intact or damaged skin from urine, feces, other body fluids.
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