Type of medical device or related product
General vs. specific use (health condition)
Intended population age
Intended population sex
Level of technical knowledge
Capital
Reusable
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
Healthcare unit
EMDN related code(s)
M040503
GELATINE SPONGE HAEMOSTATIC DRESSINGS
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GMDN related code(s)
48170
Gelatin haemostatic agent (A sterile, bioabsorbable device derived from animal gelatin (typically pork skin gelatin) that is intended to be applied to surgical and traumatic wounds to facilitate local haemostasis through its high blood-absorbing capacity; it does not contain an antimicrobial agent. It is typically in the form of a pad/sponge and has no intrinsic haemostatic action but induces haemostasis through its intensely porous structure which enables it to absorb many times its weight in blood; the device is intended to remain in the wound to be absorbed by the body. This is a single-use device.)
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WHO resources on medical devices
Interagency list of priority medical devices for essential interventions for reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health
WHO list of priority medical devices for cancer management
WHO List of Priority Medical Devices for management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes
WHO List of Priority medical devices list for the COVID-19 response and associated technical specifications
Package of eye care interventions
Trauma and Emergency Surgery Kit (TESK) 2019
WHO medical devices website
WHO priority medical devices website
WHO essential in vitro diagnostic website