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Description

Vaseline Petrolatum Gauze is a fine, absorbent mesh-like gauze strip coated with petrolatum. The gauze strip remains nontoxic, moist, and nonirritating. The strip is sterile and non-adherent. This strip easily clings to all the contours of the body. These strips from Medtronic USA come in overwrap peelable foil packs. The vaseline-covered sheet dressing on skin graft donor areas and similar wounds reduces discomfort, dryness, and pain in the post-operative period.

Gauze dressings are typically made of woven or non-woven materials and come in various shapes and sizes. The gauze is sterile and comes packed in a foil overwrap that can be directly taped on the skin. The gauze containing vaseline prevents the wound from drying up or forming a scab.

Usage: The Vaseline Petrolatum Gauze can be used on skin donor sites, minor burns, stape/suture lines, tunneling wounds, skin grafts, lacerations, skin tears, umbilical bandages, circumcisions, and on lightly exudating cuts and wounds. This bandage should be ideally changed once a day continually for two weeks.

Features: The gauze strip reduces pain and trauma during dressing changes. It stops undesirable fluid loss and also prevents air leaks from the wound. It minimizes drying out and does not adhere to the skin. The non-adherent feature reduces pain upon removal. It is an occlusive dressing that protects and enables wound healing in a moist way.

Benefits: The Petrolatum impregnated Vaseline Gauze strips help to keep the wound wet. The petroleum jelly stops the wound from drying and forming a scab. In the case of a scab formation, wounds take more time to heal. The gauze strip prevents a scar from getting itchy or too deep.

A petroleum gauze, owing to its limited pore size, prevents quick evaporation from the wound. It prevents absorption by the secondary dressing of topical applications and ointments applied to prevent biofilm or moisture issues.