Randomized Comparison of a Silicone Tape and a Paper Tape for Gentleness in Healthy Children

Abstract

Gentleness assessments favored the silicone tape compared to a paper tape and warrant further clinical investigation in the neonatal intensive care unit.

Comparison of Medical Adhesive Tapes in Patients at Risk of Facial Skin Trauma under Anesthesia

“…They evaluated the patient's skin for erythema, edema by a score of 0–4, and skin denudation by a score of 0–4 as described in the following part (adopted from other studies for skin injury [18, 22, 28]). For standardization, both nurse clinicians were briefed about assessment for skin injuries and given pictorial examples of the different severities of injury prior to start of the study.…”

“…Studies comparing the silicone tape to other adhesives in healthy volunteers also used less than 30 patients per group [18, 22]. …”

“…Newer silicone based adhesives being softer have a lower surface tension to fill in gaps quickly to maintain a constant level of adherence [16, 17]. Silicone tapes have been studied on the forearms of healthy volunteers [18–21] and healthy children [22] and on venous ulcers [23] and shown to be gentler on skin in comparison to traditional adhesives including acrylic adhesive.…”

Evaluation of a New Silicone Adhesive Tape among Clinicians Caring for Patients with Fragile or At-Risk Skin

“…Certain medications, such as long-term use of oral or topical corticosteroids, can also weaken skin and the blood vessels within the skin and make it more vulnerable to tape-induced trauma. 11,12 Dressings made with silicone adhesives also have a low reaction rate (0/45) among individuals at high risk of skin sensitization 13 and induce significantly less pain and discomfort at removal than similar products with traditional acrylic adhesives. 3 Much has been published about the use of adhesive tapes to induce skin trauma for the purpose of dermatological research, 8,9 but little evidence is found regarding estimates of the actual incidence of tape-induced trauma in clinical situations, and particularly among patients with fragile or at-risk skin.…”

Facial skin injury caused by acrylate-based adhesive tapes in a post-menopausal patient: A preventable cause

“…Recently, silicone-based adhesives have been introduced which have significantly lower peel adhesion resulting in a much lower incidence of skin trauma on removal. [5] We may thus conclude that acrylate-based medical tapes and dressing should be used cautiously with a proper tape removal technique in peri- and post-menopausal patients.…”