Cotton Rolls and Gauze Suppliers & Bulk Manufacturers

Available Forms: Absorbent cotton rolls, gauze rolls and swabs

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Category: Medical Devices

Absorbent cotton rolls, dental cotton rolls and absorbent gauze rolls and swabs, sterile and non-sterile, for hospitals, dental clinics, pharmacies, tender buyers and medical consumables distributors.

Product Description:

Cotton rolls and gauze are basic absorbent materials for cleaning, padding and dressing. Absorbent cotton, or cotton wool, is purified, bleached cotton fibre that takes up fluid quickly; it is sold in rolls for cutting on the ward, in balls and pledgets, and as small compressed dental cotton rolls that keep the mouth dry. Absorbent gauze is a loosely woven cotton fabric, supplied as rolls, folded swabs and sponges of several ply, with the mesh described by threads per centimetre.

Hospitals use gauze swabs to clean and cover wounds and in theatre, where swabs with an X-ray detectable thread can be counted and traced. Cotton wool should not sit directly on open wounds, because fibres stick, so it is kept for skin cleansing, padding under casts and bandages, and laboratory work. Dentists use cotton rolls for isolation during fillings and after extractions. Non-sterile products serve general cleaning, while anything placed on a wound or used in surgery should be sterile and opened at the point of use.

Sourcing notes. Ask for compliance with the absorbent cotton and absorbent gauze monographs of the British or European Pharmacopoeia or the USP, which cover absorbency, sinking time and foreign matter. The manufacturer should hold ISO 13485, and sterile items need validated sterilisation with the method on the pack. These are medical devices and need device registration where the destination market requires it. Check that packaging keeps them dry, and for gauze confirm ply, mesh, size and any X-ray thread. Specify form, weight or size, sterile status, pack size and quantity.