An injury contact prevention band includes an injury cover portion and a fastening portion. The injury cover portion covers a part of a body including an injury. The fastening portion fastens the injury cover portion to the body. A plurality of injury opening holes cutting through a thickness of the injury cover portion to expose the injury. The fastening portion includes a first fastening member, a second fastening member, and a connecting member. The first fastening member extends from an end of the injury cover portion and has flexibility. The second fastening member extends from an other end of the injury cover portion and has flexibility. The connecting member detachably connects an end of the first fastening member and an end of the second fastening member to each other. The plurality of injury opening holes is arranged along at least one direction.

A closing element for producing reclosable absorbent sanitary articles includes a non-woven sheet folded according to a general omega-shaped configuration and including a base, two intermediate flaps connected to respective ends of the base by respective first folds, and two distal flaps connected to respective ends of the respective intermediate flaps by respective second folds, wherein the base has a dimension between 15 and 90 mm and each of the intermediate flaps has a dimension between 5 and 30 mm.

A method for folding pads shaped as pants includes providing a first wing and a second wing of a pad with hook and loop elements, overturning the first and the second wing by 180 on the plane of the pad, and maintaining the first and the second wing in such position until the pad having the shape of pants is closed.