Snap bandage

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A quick- release finger bandage is a bandage for the quick care of wounds on the fingers , for skin protection under immobilizing bandages and for fixing wound dressings .

Tubular bandage on a finger for fastening bandages

Rapid finger bandages can already be provided with a sterile wound pad or consist of a simple tubular bandage for fixing separate wound pads, which is adapted to the size of the fingers. The bandages can also be provided with cohesive (self-adhesive) bandages or with simple bandages which have to be fixed separately with an adhesive plaster or by knotting. The bandages have a length of about 20 cm and a width of about 4 cm. Integrated sterile wound dressings are available in different sizes, mostly 3 × 3 or 4 × 4 cm.

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