MANAGEMENT OF INCONTINENCE

摘要

As assembly for providing better care of incontinent patients, maintaining the patient in as dry a condition as possible and protection from soiling of beds and chairs includes at least one layer of nonabsorbent hydrophilic material through which urine can pass freely and at least one layer of absorbent hydrophilic material behind the non-absorbent layers (s) to receive and absorb urine passing through the nonabsorbent layer(s). The absorbent layer is formed of aligned cellulosic staple fibres of at least 0.4 inch length and denier in the range of 2 to 7 formed into a cross-laid web and needled to form a felt which will absorb at least 350% by weight of urine based on its dry weight and disperse urine laterally by capillarity throughout the felt.