Description
Mepitel® Film – gentle, transparent breathable film dressing for skin protection
Mepitel Film is designed for a wide range of superficial wounds. It can be used alone or in connection with other products. Through the unique Safetac adhesive Mepitel Film minimises pain and trauma before, at and after dressing changes.
Limits the risk for damage of newly formed tissue
Seals the wound margins and reduces risk of maceration
Transparent for easy inspection。 Application system is designed for ease-of-use.
Conforms well to body contours.
Mepitel Film provides a flexible, transparent covering to protect the skin or wound from microbial contamination, fluid strike through and from other external contamination while conforming to surface irregularities and body contours.
Mepitel® Film maintains a moist environment even though the vapour permeability allows excess moisture pass away from the skin. Mepitel Film® provides instant tack adhesion that minimises the requirement of extra pressure to fixate well.Mepitel Film can not be used as primary fixation for IV, cannulae, ports or other infusion and or life sustaining devices.
Areas of use
Mepitel Film is designed for a wide range of superficial wounds such as pressure injuries category 1 and 2, superficial skin injuries and superficial burns. Mepitel Film protects fragile and sensitive skin. Mepitel Film can also be used as a protective cover for open surgical wound e.g abdomen, fixate primary dressing as a secondary dressing and be used in combination with gels and ointments. Fixation tapes and devices can be fixated on top of the Mepitel Film product, the Mepitel Film is then used as a protective Landing Zone for the fixation tape.
A study published in the Radiotherapy & Oncology Journal has shown that the use of Mepitel Film® dressings prevents the development of moist desquamation: painful skin ulcerations associated with breast cancer radiation therapy. The study also found that the same dressing reduced the overall severity of skin reactions such as itching and irritation by 92%.
A study conducted in New Zealand has shown that the use of Mepitel Film a thin, transparent dressing using Mölnlycke Health Care’s Safetac technology, before, during and after radiation therapy, prevents the development of moist desquamation and reduces the severity of other skin reactions.
Reference:
- Herst PM et al. Prophylactic use of Mepitel Film prevents radiation-induced moist desquamation in an intra-patient randomised controlled clinical trial of 78 breast cancer patients. Radiother Oncol (2014), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radonc.2014.01.005.
