This protection is about preventing skin breakdown and maceration and creating a defensive layer against external irritants ...

Skin injury results when the skin to adhesive attachment is stronger than skin cell to skin cell attachment. As a result, the epidermal layers separate or the epidermis separates completely from ...

and other complications such as skin maceration and folliculitis. The most common seen in neonatal patients is epidermal or skin stripping; chronically hospitalized infants may also experience ...