IV3000SNTM Frame Delivery

The new frame delivery system allows the dressing to be positioned accurately over the catheter providing quick, easy, aseptic application. IV3000◊ Frame Delivery now provides even more fixation, strength and security with the inclusion of two integral securing strips and a documentation label.

Whilst the application system has been improved the dressing shape, size and materials (film & adhesive) are unaltered, and so IV3000^◊ Frame Delivery continues to deliver several important benefits:

• Film acts as a barrier to bacteria including Methicillin-Resistant Staphyloccus Aureus(MRSA)
• High MVTR (typically 11000g/m2 per 24hrs at 37°C)
• Reduces risk of infection by preventing moisture accumulation
• An ideal IV site dressing as defined in published clinical guidance¹
• Unique pattern spread adhesive for comfort and ease of removal
• Waterproof ^2,3 and comfortable⁴

1. Guideline for prevention of intravascular device-related infections. US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, 1996.
2. Besley M, OPSITE IV3000^◊: Potential for improved quality of life for haemodialysis patients with permanent central venous catheters in Maki, D G ed, International Congress and Symposium Series No 179 Improving Catheter Site Care, Royal Society of Medicine Services Ltd, London, New York 1991 57-59.
3. Preventing Hospital-Acquired Infection - Clinical Guidelines Public Health Laboratory Service, UK, 1997.
4. Wheeler, S; Stolz, S; Maki, DG. A prospective, randomised, three-way clinical comparison of a novel, highly permeable, polyurethane dressing with 206 Swan-Ganz pulmonary artery catheters: OPSITE IV3000^◊ vs. Tegaderm vs. gauze and tape. II. Nursing issues: effectiveness and tolerance as catheter dressings. In: Maki, DG, ed, International Congress and Symposia Series No 179, ‘Improving Catheter Site Care’, Royal Society of Medicine Series, London, New York, 1991, 67-72.