Acticoat dressings and major burns: Systemic silver absorption

Nosocomial Infections in Iranian Pediatric Patients With Burn Injuries: A Review

“…The three most common used topical antimicrobial agents for care of burn wound are silver sulfadiazine, Mafenide acetate, applied on the burn wound as topical creams, and silver nitrate as a 0.5% solution (41,42). The gold standard of topical burn wound treatment is silver sulfadiazine (43).…”

Application of the Nanocrystalline Silver in Treatment of Burn Wounds in Children

“…This yields better comfort, mobility and ability of the patients to participate in rehabilitation programmes. In the analysis of silver serum concentrations, haematological and biochemical parameters of the patients of the studied clinical contingent, treated with nanocrystalline silver, no indication for toxicity was observed (Moiemen et al, 2011;White, 2010). Due to lack of toxic effect, it is suitable for application even on very young children, unlike Dermazin (Rustogi et al, 2005).…”

An Evaluation of Burn Infections Caused by Multidrug Resistant A.baumannii and the Treatment Approach

“…However, the leading step among the infection prevention measures is the local wound treatment. The topical antimicrobial products most commonly used in the local treatment of burn wounds are silver compounds [19][20][21]. Acticoat, a product with nanocrystallised silver content, has been reported in various studies to be safe in burn patients, to have greater microbicidal properties than classical silver compounds and to lead to a rapid healing in the wounds [2,[22][23][24].…”