3M CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate IV Securement Dressing
4 x 4.75"
Product Info
3M Tegaderm CHG Chlorhexidine Gluconate IV Securement DressingIntegrates the powerful antimicrobial effectiveness of CHG with a simple, transparent IV film dressing.Tegaderm™ CHG Dressing consists of a transparent adhesive dressing and an integrated gel pad containing chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG), a well-known antiseptic agent. Tegaderm™ CHG Dressing is used to cover and protect catheter sites and to secure devices to skin. Provides continuous antimicrobial activity at the IV site.3M™ Tegaderm™ CHG (chlorhexidine gluconate) IV Securement Dressing, a transparent, antimicrobial dressing used to cover and protect catheter sites and to secure devices to skin. For the first time, clinicians will have a dressing that provides continual antimicrobial activity while maintaining complete site visibility.
Tegaderm™ CHG consists of a transparent adhesive dressing and an integrated gel pad containing the highly effective antiseptic agent, chlorhexidine gluconate (CHG). 3M testing in healthy volunteers has shown that Tegaderm™ CHG reduces the amount of skin flora under the dressing and prevents re-growth.1 3M in vitro testing shows CHG has broad spectrum activity against, and is a barrier to, a wide variety of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria and yeast, including the majority of pathogens that are of most concern to epidemiologists and infection-control practitioners.
In the last three decades, the number of bloodstream infections has nearly tripled in the United States. In fact, the CDC estimates 80,000 such infections occur in U.S. ICUs alone each year and that estimate increases to 250,000 if entire hospitals are assessed. 4 x 4.75" (10cm x 12cm)