Plasters

Which plaster for what

• Fabric plasters — stretch with the skin and stay on fingers, knuckles and joints. First choice when the hand is in use. Steroplast Premium is available both in a single size and as seven assorted sizes.
• Plastic plasters — thin and cheap per piece, perfectly adequate in dry conditions but come off sooner with sweat and moisture.
• Waterproof plasters — Salvequick Aqua Block and Aqua Resist as well as Steroplast Washproof hold through handwashing and rain. Sterostrip Clear is transparent and waterproof.
• Blue detectable plasters — Steroplast Detectable Blue and Sterochef are used where food is handled: the colour shows up immediately in the product and the detectable versions are picked up by the metal detector.
• Plasters on a roll — Vitri and Steroplast in 6 cm width, cut to fit the shape of the wound. An alternative when you are tired of carrying five sizes.
• Spray plasters — Opsite goes on without edges and is used where an ordinary plaster will not stick.

For kits, vehicles and stations

A carried kit gets by with an assortment in a small case. The vehicle and the workplace have room for hundred-packs of the size that actually gets used — and for most organisations that is the finger size. In a food environment the whole station should be blue, not just one compartment of it.

The range also includes children's plasters from Salvequick and nonwoven injection plasters for the puncture site after a sample has been taken.

Goes with

Wound too large for a plaster: adhesive dressings and wound film. For wound contact under the dressing: swabs. To hold things in place: tape and fixation. Cleaning first: wound cleansing. The whole category: wound care and dressings.