Use Of A Gauze Mat

Watch this video for easy step by step instructions on how to apply gauze pads plus get additional tips on how to remove and replace them without irritating your wound.

Use of a gauze mat. A wound gauze is one of the simplest type of wound dressing. A piece of laboratory apparatus consisting of a flat piece of wire gauze placed on a tripod to give a beaker or flask additional support or to distribute heat more evenly. Medical gauze which are frequently used consist of some types such as the impregnated gauze covered with medications the wrapping the cotton nylon or elastic gauze used for padding or securing wounds and the sponges 2 2 or 4 4 inch layered squares of gauze used for padding. A gauze mat is used below bunsen burners as it protects the tripod or surface which the bunsen burner might be on.

All workplace health and safety laws prohibit a range of activities including the importation supply sale and use of asbestos. Gauze mats which do not have a ceramic centre are of no risk for asbestos. Gauze mat with ceramic centre figure 2. Gauze mat sitting on tripod over bunsen burner.

It is most likely to be made of thick metal threads threaded into a mat or square.