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Whether you are managing an acute, chronic or surgical wound or protecting vulnerable skin, 3M's comprehensive range of skin care and wound management products enables you to achieve optimal skin health.

The 3M Skin Health range focuses on both acute wound and chronic wound care, providing innovative solutions, including dressings and barrier film, for the prevention of skin breakdown and management of wounds, to help avoid associated patient discomfort and cost.

Skin Care

The Cavilon (TM) range of skin care products from 3M.  

The Cavilon Skin Care product range includes 3M™ Cavilon ™ No Sting Barrier Film for pain-free treatment of sore or broken skin and 3M™ Cavilon ™ Durable Barrier Cream for moisturising dry skin and preventing skin breakdown.

Cavilon No Sting Barrier Film is an alcohol-free liquid barrier film that forms a breathable, transparent, non sting coating on the skin. This barrier film is designed to protect intact, damaged or 'at-risk' skin from urine, faeces, other body fluids, adhesive trauma and friction.

Cavilon Durable Barrier Cream provides unique, long-lasting protection from body fluids whilst moisturising the skin. It is recommended to prevent skin breakdown on intact skin.

For more information on Cavilon Skin Care Products and their use for stoma care, continence care and wound care, visit the Cavilon ™ Skin Care website.

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Wound Care & Management

Foam Adhesive Dressings from 3M

3M™ Tegaderm ™ Film Wound Dressings have been tried and tested by healthcare professionals for 20 years. Products within the Tegaderm dressings range include Tegaderm film, Tegaderm foam and Tegaderm hydrocolloid dressings.

Both Tegaderm foam and Tegaderm hydrocolloid wound dressings benefit from a Tegaderm film backing providing protection from water, bacteria & viruses, thus reducing the risk of wound infection. Additionally, both wound dressing products also feature a frame delivery system providing a unique one-handed application technique ensuring a quicker and easier application to the wound.

For a comprehensive list of all 3M wound management products, please visit our Wound Resource Centre to find out how our product portfolio provides easy to use and cost effective wound care solutions.

Tegaderm Dressings: Simple, Dependable, Trusted


Some common misspellings of the skincare products for reference: Cavillon, Tegadem

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Skin Care & Wound Management Product Documentation

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Guide to Wound Management Products
Info sheet showing Wound Management products and their indications
HTML 12KB View
FAQs Tegaderm Matrix
Frequently asked questions about our Tegaderm Matrix products
PDF PDF 20KB View
FAQs Wound Management
Frequently asked questions about our wound management products
PDF PDF 20KB View
FAQs Skin Care
Frequently asked questions about our skin care products
PDF PDF 28KB View
Products on Drug Tariff
A5 booklet detailing order information for products available on drug tariff
PDF PDF 92KB View
Tegaderm Reference Card
A5 reference card for all rebranded Tegaderm products
PDF PDF 119KB View
Tegaderm Rebranding Poster
A3 poster guide to the Tegaderm family range
PDF PDF 637KB View

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In partnership with the Wound Care Society - book your place today!

In partnership with the Wound Care Society - Book your place today! (PDF, 95.4Kb)

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