White (2015) suggests that in conjunction with appropriate compression therapy, when a venous leg ulcer (VLU) is infected, there are four main criteria that a dressing will need to meet. It has to: Provide sustained broad spectrum antibacterial action Be efficacious against biofilm Be efficacious in the presence of exudate Be safe. Along with other topical antimicrobial agents, dressings that c...

An isothermal microcalorimetric assay was used to quantify the efficacy of a silver-containing wound dressing against two common wound pathogens, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus. The growth patterns of the two species were unique and varied depending on the environment in which the organisms were grown. Addition of non-silver-containing dressing altered the growth kinetics whil...

This prospective, randomized study compared protocols of care using either AQUACEL Ag Hydrofiber (ConvaTec, a Bristol-Myers Squibb company, Skillman, NJ) dressing with silver (n = 42) or silver sulfadiazine (n = 42) for up to 21 days in the management of partial-thickness burns covering 5% to 40% body surface area (BSA). AQUACEL Ag dressing was associated with less pain and anxiety during dress...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study is to investigate the physicochemical and structural properties of Medifoam®Silver and to compare with other commercially available silver-containing polyurethane (PU) foam dressing in vitro. METHODS Surface and cross-section of four polyurethane foam dressings were assessed with field-emission scanning electron microscope. Thickness, density, tensile strength...

Aquacel Ag((R)) (ConvaTec, Princeton, NJ, USA) is a new hydrofiber wound dressing consisting of soft non-woven sodium carboxymethylcellulose fibers integrated with ionic silver. It is a moisture-retention dressing, which forms a gel on contact with wound fluid and has antimicrobial properties of ionic silver. We present a current literature review on Aquacel Ag((R)), of both in vitro and in viv...

This study was done for comparative evaluation of Hydrogel dressing with conventional dressing in 2nd degree burns involving up to 25 % of the total body surface area in our S.S.G. Hospital, Vadodara, Gujarat state, India from June 2005 to November 2006. In one group treatment with Hydrogel dressing was continued every three days and in the other group conventional dressing with Silver Sulfadia...

Silver dressings were compared with non-antimicrobial, low-adherent control dressings. A total of 304 patients were recruited, all with venous ulceration of the lower leg that had been present for more than 6 weeks, of whom 213 participated in the trial, and 91 underwent observation only. Participants were randomized to receive either an antimicrobial silver dressing (n = 107) or a control dres...

Antibiotic resistance to microorganisms is one of the major problems faced in the field of wound care in burns patients. Silver nanoparticles have come up as potent antimicrobial agent and are being evaluated in diverse medical applications ranging from silver based dressings to silver coated medical devices. We aimed in present study to test the release of nanosilver from nanosilver wound dres...

The evidence for application of silver-containing dressings and topicals in the treatment of partial-thickness burns in pediatric patients is largely based on clinical trials involving adult patients despite the important differences between the skin of children and adults. A systematic review and meta-analysis was performed of all randomized controlled trials comparing nonsilver treatment with...