Pad, compression, laparotomy

Primary use
Treatment / Resuscitation / Palliative care / Surgery
Type of medical device or related product
Dressings, gauzes, bandages, pads
General vs. specific use (health condition)
General
Intended population sex
All
Level of technical knowledge
General clinical
Capital
No
Reusable
No
Requirements
None
WHO list of priority medical devices
Trauma and Emergency Surgery Kit (2019)
Service delivery platforms / Healthcare levels
First-level (district) hospital services
Second-level and third-level hospital services and specialized outpatient services
Healthcare unit
General surgery
Inpatient care
Intensive care
Specialized surgery
EMDN related code(s)
M020103
LAPAROTOMY COTTON GAUZES
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GMDN related code(s)
44971
General-purpose surgical sponge (A non-medicated cushion-like mass made of absorbent materials (e.g., woven gauze, cotton, cellulose) primarily intended to be used inside the body, on a surgical incision or applied to internal organs or structures to control bleeding, absorb fluid, or protect organs or structures from abrasion, drying, or contamination during a procedure; also referred to as a laparotomy sponge or cottonoid pad/pattie, it may also be used for prepping the patient. It does not contain special features to help detect gossypiboma (sponge left inside patient) [i.e., it is not radiopaque]. This is a single-use device.)
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