Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Harmful Effects of Medical Tape use


Certain medical tape can cause severe skin irritation- up to and including bleeding, as shown in this photo.
This patient is allergic to some medical tape-

Also, medical tape is extremely expensive- the alternative for this patient was- BELIEVE it or NOT- Masking Tape and at $1 per roll the patient not only saved skin , but money as well.

Photo taken by: Anessa Haney

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