Peel Adhesion Test of Medical Tape Using Bioskin Plate

A Study Focusing on the Peeling Angle

Abstract

Among the incidents of pressure wounds caused by medical tapes, skin peeling caused by the tapes is reported to occur in about 10% of the cases, and one of the reasons for this was that the tape was not removed properly. This suggests the need for clarification of the effects of medical tapes on human skin and their appropriate usages. In this study, we conducted peel adhesion tests using multiple types of medical tapes with different recommended usages, using a bioskin plate that mimics human skin as the adhered, to clarify the appropriate peeling angle for each type and to obtain useful suggestions for the use of medical tapes in clinical practice.
The results showed that the peeling force of some samples was lowest at 120° , 150°, and 180° peeling angles, and the peeling force of all samples was highest at 90° peeling angle. This result partly confirms the previous study, but it also revealed that the angle at which the peeling force was the lowest was not consistent depending on the type of tape. This study was designed to examine the peeling force of medical tapes under various peeling angle conditions and did not take into account complex clinical procedures. In the future, it will be necessary to conduct peel adhesion tests that include factors that affect the peeling force and provide further clinically useful verification results.