why are most medical bandages white or pink in color?
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From an assessment standpoint, having a white bandage against a wound makes it easy to determine what the wound drainage looks like. The appearance of any drainage is an important factor when a wound is healing and greenish or yellow colored drainage points to signs of infection.
If a wound is bleeding through a white bandage, it is very easy to see the red against the white. Likewise, yellow drainage, pink, green, or brown.
As for the outside coloring, bandaids and such have a “flesh-toned” outer coloring to help hide the fact that someone has a bandaid on which is simply aesthetics. Some companies have moved toward clear adhesive material so that *everyone* can participate in the camouflaging of their wound dressing if they care to do so.
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