An underpad for covering a patient support structure includes an upper, patient facing surface and a lower, support structure facing surface. The underpad includes a liquid permeable patient facing layer and a liquid impermeable base layer. An absorbent layer is positioned above the base layer and below the patient facing layer, and a tissue layer is positioned above the absorbent layer and below the patient facing layer. An ink is deposited on the tissue layer. The ink is more readily visible through the patient facing layer than through the base layer.

Disclosed is a deformable analgesic nose plug, comprising a deformable core material and an outer coating provided on said deformable core material, wherein said outer coating comprises one or more analgesic compounds. The nose plug has a tapered distal end for insertion into a nostril and a proximal end whereby the nose plug is inserted into the nostril. The deformable core material may comprise a multi-phasic core material wherein a first phase of the multi-phasic core material is a solid or a semi-solid structure at a temperature of 35 C. or less and a second phase of the multi-phasic core material is characterized by liquefaction at a temperature of 37 C. or greater. The deformable core material may also comprise a porous resiliently compressible substrate. The deformable porous resiliently compressible core material may be one of polymeric sponges, naturally occurring sponges, fluffy cellulosic materials, cotton, rolled gauze, and mixtures thereof.

A menstrual sanitary sponge for gynecological disease treatment, comprising a sponge body. The shape of the sponge body is cylindrical. The top of the sponge body is hemispherical. An annular, spiral, hemispherical, or hook-shaped groove is provided on the surface of the sponge body. The sponge body is a compressed medical polyvinyl alcohol sponge.

Provided is a post surgical breast dressing including: a front portion including a left cup and a right cup connected or connectable to one another; at least one back strap for fitting around a subject's back; left and right trans-axial portions connecting the back strap with the left cup and the right cup, respectively, each of the left and right trans-axial portions including, respectively, left and right in breast in fold portions and left and right under arm portions, the breast dressing wherein at least one of the left under arm portion and right under arm portion include an external layer, an internal layer, and an absorbing dressing.

The present invention provides a method for decontaminating a skin area contaminated with noxious substances by absorbing or capturing the substances, and the method comprises the steps of applying absorbent textile composite material to the contaminated skin area for a predetermined period of time, and removing the absorbent textile composite material from the contaminated skin area.