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DRESSING GAUZE [12 records]

Record 1 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

Bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings.

CONT

The most common type of bandage is the gauze bandage, a simple woven strip of material which can come in any number of widths and lengths. A gauze bandage can be used for almost any bandage application, including holding a dressing in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Bande de gaze continue à lisières tissées imprégnée de iodoforme, indiquée pour le nettoyage des plaies, le tamponnage et le drainage des abcès, fistules ou œdèmes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

A simple gauze dressing is often not enough to immobilise or provide support to a wound. Binders and bandages applied over or around dressings can provide extra protection and therapeutic benefits by... securing dressings(e. g. elastic webbing applied around leg dressings after a vein stripping).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

[...] de façon à dégager l'œil, la masse angiomateuse fut relevée à l'aide d'un filet élastique maintenu en place (genre Surgifix), aboutissant à sa complète involution en l'espace de deux mois.

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

Protective coverings, which are either clean or sterile, designed to be placed over a wound or otherwise diseased tissue to keep the site clean and to absorb secretions, protect against trauma, administer medication, and/or stop bleeding.

OBS

Dressings are typically available in three different general types : permeable(e. g., gauze), semipermeable(e. g., transparent self-adhesive film), and occlusive(e. g., hydrocolloids, hydrogels) ;they are usually used to cover a limited area of the body. The type of dressing used depends on the type of wound, wound location, and wound status; dedicated dressings are available for many uses, including burn treatment, dentistry, and cavity wound protection.

PHR

adhesive absorbent, antiseptic, biological, cocoon, dry, fixed, Lister’s, occlusive, paraffin, pressure, protective, rigid, tie-over, wet, wet-to-dry dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Ensemble de compresses stériles, sèches ou imprégnées de médicaments, appliquées sur une plaie pour la guérir, la protéger des chocs et l'isoler de l'infection.

OBS

Le pansement a pour but de protéger la plaie contre tout agent nocif extérieur, d'absorber l'exsudat produit par la plaie et de favoriser sa guérison.

PHR

Pansement humide, sec, adhésif, antiseptique, chirurgical, compressif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
DEF

Pieza de tela o de gasa, más o menos larga que se aplica a las diferentes regiones del cuerpo humano, con el fin de mantener o sostener algún apósito, realizar cualquier tipo de compresión o inmovilizar una fractura o luxación.

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Record 4 2008-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

A dry ABD dressing or gauze is then placed over the wound.

OBS

The terms "abdominal dressing" and "abdominal pad" are often used as synonyms. A dressing is any of various materials used for covering and protecting a wound, whereas a pad is a cushionlike mass of soft material

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Bien que les termes «pansement» et «compresse» soient souvent utilisés comme synonymes, il existe une nuance entre ces deux termes. La «compresse» consiste en un amas de coton, ou une superposition de tissus, qui sert à éponger, à nettoyer ou à comprimer au cours d'une opération ou de la pose d'un pansement. Le «pansement», quant à lui, consiste en l'ensemble de compresses stériles, sèches ou imprégnées de médicaments, appliquées sur une plaie pour la guérir, la protéger des chocs et l'isoler de l'infection.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Scissors designed to cut bandage, gauze, and dressing.

OBS

[The bandage] scissors are typically strong, handheld, manual instruments with two metallic (e.g., stainless steel) blades with sharp edges that slide past each other (i.e., shearing action); usually one blade is longer than the other and finished in a sharp or probe-like tip while the shorter blade has a rounded tip. The blades are usually attached to handles with the proximal end conformed as a ring to facilitate holding and operating with the fingers; both parts are joined by a swivel pin in the center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

A forceps with scissorlike handles, used to grasp and remove lint, drainage tubes, necrosed tissue, and other small foreign bodies from wounds

OBS

Proper name :Dressing Forceps.... Features : jaws-horizontal serrations-round tips; cutter shank-horizontal serrations. Uses : To hold gauze sponges and dressings, also delicate handling of tissue, for example, donated tissue and skin grafts.

OBS

In medical language, dressing forceps is defined as a slender forceps used for grasping or holding gauze or sutures and removing small fragments of necrosed tissues and other foreign bodies in dressing wounds. These forceps are widely used to care wounds and remove dressings.... Dressing forceps may be curved or straight tipped with serrated beak. In some cases it may be smooth. They have scissor-like handles for grasping lint, drainages tubes, etc.

OBS

There are many types of dressing forceps: Adson Bayonet dressing forceps, Adson micro dressing forceps, Cheron dressing forceps, Collin dressing forceps, Cushing dressing forceps, Gerald dressing forceps, Gross dressing forceps, Hudson dressing forceps, McIndoe dressing forceps, Potts-Smith dressing forceps, general thumb dressing forceps, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Il existe plusieurs variétés de pinces à pansement : pince à pansement Bozeman, pince à pansement Bozeman-Douglas, pince à pansement Bryant, pince à pansement Cheron, pince à pansement Duplay, pince à pansement Gross, pince à pansement Gross-Maier, pince à pansement Maier, pince à pansement Martin, pince à pansement Pelkman, pince à pansement Sims-Maier; etc.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
CONT

Adhesive bandage. A dressing of plain absorbent gauze affixed to plastic or fabric coated with a pressure-sensitive adhesive.

OBS

Gauze : An absorbent fabric with an open weave that is usually made of cotton. Sterile gauze is often used as a material for dressing wounds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Compresse. [...] pièce de gaze hydrophile [...] utilisée pour nettoyer, badigeonner [...], faire un pansement, nettoyer et assécher une plaie, une contusion, un champ opératoire. Le terme hydrophile désigne ce qui absorbe l'eau, un liquide. [...] La gaze est une étoffe légère et plus ou moins transparente constituée de divers tissus (soie, laine ou coton).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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Record 8 2003-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orthoses
  • Musculoskeletal System
DEF

Rigid dressing made of gauze impregnated with plaster of Paris, used to immobilize an injured part, especially in bone fractures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orthèses
  • Appareil locomoteur (Médecine)
DEF

Appareil de contention, formé de pièces de tarlatane imprégnées de plâtre, utilisé notamment pour le traitement des fractures.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ortesis
  • Sistema musculoesquelético (Medicina)
DEF

Gasa impregnada de yeso, que al fraguar se endurece, quedando un vendaje rígido que inmoviliza la fractura.

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Record 9 1999-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • Pharmacy
  • The Skin
CONT

[NF T03-263 : Chemical products. Assessment of cutaneous irritation and or pitting in rabbits. ] The product and the gauze square are maintained in contact with the skin of each of the two zones, using the occlusive, adhesive and low-allergy dressing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Pharmacie
  • Appareil cutané
CONT

[Produits chimiques. Évaluation de l'irritation et/ou de la corrosion cutanées chez le lapin. Norme AFNOR T03-263]. Maintenir en contact avec la peau le produit et le carré de gaze sur chacune des deux zones avec le pansement occlusif adhésif et hypoallergénique.

CONT

Matériels divers. [...] Pansement occlusif adhésif et hypoallergisant.

OBS

Il n'existe pas de substance antiallergique ou anallergique mais seulement des produits relativement peu susceptibles [...] de déterminer des allergies, donc «hypoallergéniques».

Spanish

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Record 10 1989-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

"dressing" : Something used as a cleaning or conditioning agent : as(a) : a material(as ointment, gauze) applied to cover a sore, wound, or other lesion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
OBS

Les éléments d'un pansement comprennent : un matériel de contact : gaze aseptique pliée convenablement (compresses); un matériel d'absorption : coton hydrophile, ouate de cellulose; un matériel de protection mécanique et bactériologique (coton cardé); un matériel de contention : bandes de gaze, de crêpe, de toile, adhésifs divers.

OBS

"gaze" : Tissu de coton, très léger et transparent, présenté sous forme de bandes, qui, après stérilisation, sert pour les pansements ou la fabrication de compresses.

OBS

Le terme "pansement-gaze" a été relevé dans les Réglementation du Canada sur l'hygiène et la sécurité du travail.

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
OBS

Split-thickness donor sites were created in pig skin and were treated with a synthetic occlusive dressing(Tegaderm), with fine mesh gauze, or with nothing.(A Concentration Gradient of Bacteria within Wound Tissues and Scab. J. Surg. Res. 41(3). 1986. 326-332)(Biosis)

OBS

Bacterial Study of Skin Flora under a Tegaderm dressing. (84 th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A., March 4-9, 1984) (BIOSIS)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical

Spanish

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Record 12 1987-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

sponge : A pad of gauze, cotton, or other absorbent material used in surgical operations to soak up blood or other fluids or as a dressing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux

Spanish

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