Nurs Stand. 1990 Jun 26;4(39):4-6. doi: 10.7748/ns.4.39.4.s66.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Steve Thomas BPharm
PMID: 27654755 DOI: 10.7748/ns.4.39.4.s66
The first official British standards for bandages appeared in a supplement to the 1911 British Pharmaceutical Codex (BPC) which included a specification for crepe bandage, as well as monographs for simple non-extensible products such as calico, flannel, domette and open-wove bandages. These bandages had a simple retention function although they also provided warmth and protection.