TissueDB/Materials/Talcum Powder

Talcum powder is a cosmetic powder bought ready-made from pharmacies, supermarkets and general stores. In TissueDB it has one documented use, and it is a surface finish rather than a substitute for a tissue: the Abdominal Wall Defect Simulator (Medeiros) dusts its finished neonatal mannequins with about 100 g of talcum powder so that they resemble newborns.^[1]

Used In Simulators

Simulator	Purpose	Notes
Abdominal Wall Defect Simulator (Medeiros)	Cosmetic newborn finish (not a tissue)	The build's finishing phase dusts the models with about 100 g of talcum powder so they resemble newborns. It is a cosmetic surface finish applied at the end of the build, not something consumed while the trainer is used.^[1]

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Medeiros GA, Gualberto IJN, da Silva CHND, Diniz AMB, de Santana JBF, Volpe FP, Gadde R, Mazzo A, de Oliveira RC, Sbragia L. Development of a low-cost congenital abdominal wall defect simulator (wall-go) for undergraduate medical education: a validation study. BMC Medical Education. 2023;23(1):966. Open access (CC BY 4.0). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04929-3. PMID 38102605.

At a Glance

Overview

Bought ready-made as a cosmetic powder from pharmacies, supermarkets and general stores. One use is documented across TissueDB builds — dusting a finished neonatal mannequin so that it looks like a just-born newborn — and the only figure recorded for it is the quantity, about 100 g for the two models in that build. The simulator page that uses it records no grade, no particle size, no storage requirement and no separate cost.

Synonyms

Common names: talc, talcum, talcum powder.

Regional names: talco (ES, PT).

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[medeiros2023-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Medeiros GA, Gualberto IJN, da Silva CHND, Diniz AMB, de Santana JBF, Volpe FP, Gadde R, Mazzo A, de Oliveira RC, Sbragia L. Development of a low-cost congenital abdominal wall defect simulator (wall-go) for undergraduate medical education: a validation study. BMC Medical Education. 2023;23(1):966. Open access (CC BY 4.0). DOI: 10.1186/s12909-023-04929-3. PMID 38102605.

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