Surgical Gauze
Cotton gauze used as absorbent material: also used in compresses and bandages to cover and protect wounds without preventing contact with air.
Material: 100% cotton yarn after weaving
Types
- - Gauzes
- - Compresses
- - Sponges
- - Bundles
- - Swabs
- - Stoppers
Tips for Gauzes Handling
- - Beware of adhesion to the skin; the wound edges are essential for healing.
- - In cases requiring prolonged treatment, avoid pressure on the injure center.
- - Change the dressing when gauze saturation reaches ¾ or 75%.
- - Take into account the subjective feeling of each patient tolerance to the dressing.
- - Wash with saline solution and avoid any product that can produce burning pains
Gauzes Functions
Protction: an ideal dressing is the one that protects the entire occlusion and also the injured surface in a patient’s comfort way.
Absorption: wounds often have transudates and exudates according to damage degree, which requires the chosen dressing has a higher or lower absorption control. Therefore, according to the wound, we find a greater or lesser indication of dressing so thick or thin, and time in changing the gauze.
Compression: in certain wounds, gauze should play the role of "tourniquet" to contain (never in an exclusive way) the blood profusion or necrotic material.
Immobilization: the gauze allows the formation of an acidic environment on the wound to prevent CO2 loss, which creates an environment for better use of oxygen by the tissues into deficit – the oxygen hemoglobin is more easily dissociated in acid environment. Remember: the injury less mobile, the less painful.
Regulation: Temperature regulation in the wound, the gauze can provide heat that is ideal for healing
