Gauze sponges, otherwise called as swabs, comes under disposable medical consumables. They are classified into cotton and non-woven gauze sponges. They are used to clean wounds or absorb excess blood flow by applying direct pressure. If they are utilized in surgery, they are called as surgical sponges. They are available in three measurements such as 5.1cm x 5.1cm; 7.6cm x 7.6cm and 10cm x 10cm. They can either be sterile or non-sterile.

Many a times, the soaking of skin tissue is strictly prevented due to the weave design of gauze sponges. If the sponge piece is left in body cavities while cleaning, there might arise deadly complications. Hence it is mandatory to clear them out after the surgery.

Nowadays, a radiopaque strip made up of yarn or ribbon with sufficient density is integrated in recently manufactured gauze sponges in order to locate through X-ray test.

The rise in surgeries and wound closure procedures increase the market trend of X-ray detectable gauze sponges especially in Asian Pacific regions like China, India, Japan, North America, Europe etc.

Considering this market trend, our drugdu (Ddu) team has been collaborated with top gauze sponges manufacturers / suppliers in China like DE Medical Technology Jiangsu Co.,Ltd and Shaoxing Gangfeng Hospital Products Co., Ltd. for the supply of high qualitative products.