Vinyl-free bandaids?

[Alison's Mom]

Many of the bandaids I see in stores say 'Latex free', and I can only assume they are made out of vinyl. Are there any brands that are vinyl free? I try not to buy anything vinyl if I can help it.

When I was a kid, the Elastoplast bandaids were made out of a woven fabric type material, but I bought some for my kids recently and they are the same plasticky material that Bandaid brands are, it seems.

I tried doing a search, and couldn't find anything, so forgive me if the question has already been asked. Thanks!

[mumkimum]

There are definitely still 'fabric' bandaids (I don't know whether they're totally vinyl-free though). You could also always use your own gauze and paper medical tape, as a way to avoid vinyl.

[Alison's Mom]

Hmmm, thanks. I did some checking and found the fabric bandaids too. I emailed johnson and johnson to ask if they contain vinyl and got an email back saying I have to phone them! Um, it's a simple yes or an answer!

[mumkimum]

Weird, I'd think that's some info they'd have on hand.

Did some checking around during naps today, since this was starting to make me curious and I found this info for some other brand of fabric bandaids - I'd assume they're all pretty similar. Was looking around at this site which seems like it might be hopeful in finding some kind of alternative product that exists.

Ok, and now I found that 3M seems to list a lot more info about what their products contain too. So that might be a good place to look through.

[Alison's Mom]

Thanks for the links! Will check them out.