Description
3M Steri-Strip adhesive skin closures are sterile reinforced strips used to hold the edges of a small, clean, straight wound together while it heals, and to support a wound after stitches or clips have been removed. The skin either side of the wound is cleaned and dried first, since the strips will not stick to damp or greasy skin.
Strips are laid across the wound, not along it, with a small gap between each so that fluid can escape, and they are left in place until they lift on their own or until advised otherwise. They are not for wounds that are bleeding heavily, deep, gaping, dirty or infected, for animal or human bites, or for wounds on the face of a child, all of which need assessment.
- Sterile adhesive skin closure strips for small, clean wounds
- Also used to support a wound after stitch or clip removal
- Applied across the wound on clean, dry skin, with gaps between strips
- Not for deep, gaping, dirty, infected or heavily bleeding wounds
- A wound that will not close or looks infected needs assessment
