March, 2001
For Immediate Release

Holding Power

Dressing Security Becomes Leading Criteria in Selection Decisions

London, Ontario - "The emerging science of IV securement is gaining both recognition and momentum," said the Journal of Vascular Access Devices (JVAD) in the Fall of 1999. That same year the revised CINA IV Guidelines emphasized that IV dressings serve two purposes: to protect the site and stabilize the device. Today, despite all of this, nurses continue to talk of the significant challenge of keeping IV catheters and tubes secure. The good news is that it doesn't need to be a challenge anymore.

The article in the JVAD continues, ".there is a better method of stabilizing the IV catheter and, as a direct result, reducing IV site complications." 3M's answer to this is the new 3M™ Tegaderm™ HP Transparent Dressing with Secure Strip. The "clear" solution for ease of application and catheter security, this innovative product is designed specifically to provide increased peripheral IV catheter and tube security.

The unique design of this new dressing includes a notched soft cloth secure strip, a tabbed frame, and a moist skin adhesive. The benefits include additional dressing and catheter security, and quick, one-handed application. The JVAD article further highlights this point. Investing in a dressing designed to increase IV security means ".the prevention of complications, elimination of the need for additional treatment, and controlling the number of nursing care hours required by the patient."

The greater holding power the Tegaderm™ HP Transparent Dressing with Secure Strip provides is in addition to all the attributes of the standard Tegaderm™ dressings. Catheter applications include peripheral I.V. and other catheter and tube secural.

According to the article that appeared in JVAD, all attempts to increase IV securement share ".one common goal: to increase catheter dwell time while simultaneously reducing the common complications of IV therapy." However, technical specs will not force anyone to take this into consideration. In the end, the decision to make IV securement a priority will be because ".it improves the outcome of your clinical practice, expedites the completion of specific IV routines, and/or is preferred by the patients."

For more information, please contact Dan Coffey, Market Manager for 3M Skin Health Markets, 3M Canada Company, P.O. Box 5757, London, Ontario, N6A 4T1, 1-800-265-1840, extension 4675. For more information on 3M skin health products visit our newest site at www.woundsite.com. Contact our Customer Contact Centre by phone at 1-888-3M HELPS.

For an electronic version of this News Release and information on other Innovative 3M Products, visit our "Press Box" website at www.3M.com/CA/news.

3M is a diversified, international company with a health care business consisting of more than 10,000 medical, surgical, consumer and home health care, dental and pharmaceutical products. 3M Health Care is committed to supplying reliable products and services that make a difference in the practice, delivery and outcome of health care.

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3M and Tegaderm are trademarks of 3M. Used under license in Canada. Article referenced: The emerging science of IV Securement, by Marilyn Hanchett, RN, MA, CPHQ, CIC. Journal of Vascular Access Devices, Fall 1999.

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