Silver has broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties against a wide spectrum of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. The use of Silver dressings is recommended for acute or chronic wounds with, or at risk of, a high level of bioburden or local infection.
Topical antimicrobial dressings are used to prevent or manage infection in a wide range of wounds.
Silver has broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties against a wide spectrum of gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. It promotes the healing process by facilitating the following:
- Decrease of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) activity
- Blocking of the respiratory cycle of bacterial cell wall membrane;
- Decrease of excessive neutrophil response
- Regulation of inflammatory response without shutting off essential pro-healing functions
- Increase of surface levels of calcium.
Silver dressings are recommended for acute or chronic wounds with, or at risk of, a high level of bioburden or local infection.
Antimicrobial dressings were recommended initially for a limited period.
The experience of many clinicians, and more recent systematic reviews and meta-analyses, have confirmed positive effects of silver dressings when used appropriately.
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