Calgitex Alginate Wool - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 31164 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | NONE Laminaria sp | Entry Book Number | ||
| Artefact Name | Calgitex Alginate Wool | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | Not defined | TDWG Region | Not defined | ||
| Parts Held | Calgitex Alginate Wool | Geography Description | |||
| Uses | Calgitex Alginate WoolUse: MEDICINES - Injuries User: Not defined | TDWG use | MEDICINES - Injuries | ||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Pharm Soc GB | Donor No | 38 A 1 | ||
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| Notes: | Label source: Alginate Wool Aug. 1949. By carding the thread of Ca Na alginate (50 per cent) it is made into wool, used for swabs in surgery. The wool contains small traces of a lubricant used in spinning the thread by Coutaulds. This lubricant is cetyl-, pyridinium bromide, which is highly baterio-static in a dilution of 1 in 100,000, it also inhibits moulds. Fast absorption rate for dental application. Sterilized ready for use. Manufactured by Medical Alginates Ltd. 17 Wadsworth Rd. Perivale, Middx. | ||||