New Liquid Adhesive Plaster

Evaluation of Compatibility of a Gum Mastic Liquid Adhesive and Liquid Adhesive Remover With an Alcoholic Chlorhexidine Gluconate Skin Preparation

The compatibility of a 2% chlorhexidine gluconate/70% isopropyl alcohol (CHG/IPA) skin preparation with a gum mastic liquid adhesive (GMLA) and liquid adhesive remover (LAR) was assessed in healthy volunteers. Twenty subjects completed test material combination with microbial sampling at 3- and 7-day time points. Mean log10 reductions from baseline for normal flora were assessed. There was no s...

Efficacy of a new blister prevention plaster under tropical conditions.

OBJECTIVE To survey the incidence of blister formation in a group of military recruits and to determine the efficacy of a new commercially available blister prevention plaster (Blist-O-Ban). METHODS Questionnaires were completed by 100 male recruits, and the same 100 were entered into a field trial. Due to illness, 2 did not complete the study. Premarch foot condition was documented. Each par...

Fracture of the spine; new treatment without plaster casts.

terborne Adhesive Tackifiers Development of Viscous Liquid Resin

ber af problems fer nnr instantaneously While solvent-assisted emulsion systems have met with a degree of success in formulating pressure sensitive adhesives, they have several disadvantages. The solvent content of these systems precludes totally solvent-free adhesives. Also. there is reported evidence that surfactants used to stabilize the emulsion can adversely affect tack properties of the f...

Strengthening Plaster Wall Systems

A Portland cement plaster wall system has many positive features, but one of the physical properties that it does not possess is flexural strength. It is because of the inability of the Portland cement plaster membrane to bend or flex that glass fiber strands were used in Portland cementbased plaster. There are various types of synthetic fibers on the market that will provide flexural strength ...