3M Medipore +Pad Soft Cloth Adhesive Wound Dressing The 3M Medipore +Pad is an all-in-one sterile dressing that features a breathable soft cloth tape backing with a unique non-adherent pad. Medipore +Pad soft cloth adhesive wound dressing may be used as a primary or secondary dressing over light to moderately draining wounds, for securing devices, or for protecting I.V. catheter sites. This all-in-one sterile dressing is a highly conformable absorbent dressing that provides superior patient comfort as dressing flexes with body movement and contours. Medipore +Pad dressing has a hypoallergenic, non-latex adhesive that provides excellent adhesion, yet is gentle to the skin. The dressing features a unique non-adherent pad that is designed to promote normal wound healing processes to occur with less pain and trauma. Product Benefits: Highly conformable dressing is easy to apply, conforms to body contours, and flexes with movement or swelling. Dressing is porous and breathable for increased patient comfort, better exchange of moisture vapor and oxygen, and reduced risk of skin maceration. Unique non-adherent pad promotes normal wound healing with less pain and trauma. Dressing provides excellent adhesion, yet is gentle to the skin. Convenient, all-in-one dressing reduces application time. Absorbent pad protects wound and absorbs drainage. Suggested Applications/Uses: Post-surgical dressing, especially on areas where swelling or movement is expected Fragile skin Light/Moderate draining wounds Superficial and partial-thickness wounds Acute wounds such as cuts, burns, abrasions and lacerations Chronic wounds To secure or cover devices I.V. catheter sites (peripheral and central lines) Secondary dressing applications Over hydrogels, alginates and gauze