Clinical benefits
Niltac™100% silicone Sting Free Medical Adhesive Remover
For atraumatic removal of medical adhesives from skin.
Skin care often plays a vital role in overall patient care. It forms an integral part of care across a wide range of therapy areas, especially where a patients’ skin is vulnerable, such as neonatal and elderly care. Therapy areas include:
Wound care
Ostomy care
Continence care
Removing medical adhesives from skin can strip cells from the outer protective layer – the stratum corneum. The effects can cause pain to the patient and extend the healing process.
Until recent developments in silicone technology, the only option was to use an alcohol or oil-based medical adhesive remover. But most healthcare professionals understand that these products have the potential to cause problems. These negative effects restrict the value of alcohol and oil-based products and many clinicians are unaware of the enormous benefits now available with the new silicone technology of Niltac™ - Silicone Medical Adhesive Remover (SMAR).
The table below compares some of the negative and positive effects of alcohol, oil and silicone based medical adhesive removers.
Effects of alcohol - oil and silicone-based adhesive removers
| Alcohols | Oils | Silicones | |
| Negative effects | |||
| Astringent effect on healthy and broken skin | yes | no | no |
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Cooling effect on skin (evaporation of alcohol) |
yes | no | no |
| Dissolve hydrocolloids | yes | yes | no |
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Residue formed after use |
yes | yes | no |
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Prolonged use damaging skin |
yes | no | no |
| Requires a secondary skin cleansing product | no | yes | no |
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Positive effects |
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Evaporates readily |
yes | no | yes |
| Skin able to receive new appliance | no | no | yes |
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Inert within the body |
no | no | yes |
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Source: Peace (2006); Berry et al (2007) |
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