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Mastisol®

Mastisol a Eloquest Healthcare Product

With 8 million applications every year, Mastisol is the #1 market-leading liquid adhesive on the market.¹

 

Why should you choose Mastisol for your dressing securement needs?

 

Protect against the risk of infection

To help prevent catheter-related infections, CDC Guidelines recommend² ³…

    • replacement of catheter site dressings if they become damp, loosened or visibly soiled
    • replacement of short-term central venous catheter (CVC) dressings at least every 7 days
    • replacement of short term gauze dressings every 2 days

Mastisol minimizes infection risk by helping to keep the system closed and the dressing intact for the recommended dressing stay time.

 

Assure adherence

Mastisol is a non-water soluble liquid adhesive

    • dressings remain intact even on the sweatiest of patients or the moistest of areas
    • use to enhance the adhesive performance of a variety of occlusive dressings and devices

Adhesion power has been shown to be superior to tincture of benzoin4

  • Improves the adhesive performance of all tapes tested*, better than benzoin or no treatment at all.5

Improve the level of security

Reduce the risk of infections

In a study of catheter-related bloodstream infections:

    • 60% of infections were attributed to skin flora or other contamination coming in contact with the catheter insertion point6

1.GHX Market Data, Liquid Adhesives Class 10-036, 2011.
2. Guidelines for the prevention of intravascular catheter-related infections. 2011. Centers for Disease Control website. http://www.cdc.gov/hicpac/bsi/bsi-guidelines-2011.html. Accessed November 26, 2012.
3. Guidelines for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections 2009. Centers for Disease Control website. http://www.cdc.gov/HAI/ca_uti/uti.html. Accessed November 26, 2012.
4. Lesense, CB. Post-Operative Use of Wound Adhesives: Gum Mastic Versus Benzoin, USP. J. Dermatol Surg Oncol. 1992;18:990
5. Patel N. The influence of tape type and of skin preparation on the force required to dislodge angiocatheters. Can J Anaesth. 1994;41:8:738-741.
6.  Safdar N, Maki DG. The pathogenesis of catheter-related bloodstream infections with noncuffed short-term central venous catheters. Int Car Med 2004; 30:62-67.
 
*Maximum force (newtons) to dislodge IV catheters using Transpore (plastic), Curity (cloth) and Leukopor (silk) tape alone and with pretreatment of Mastisol and Benzoin.
 
Mastisol® is a registered trademark of Ferndale IP, Inc.