Argentum Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing

Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing

• Provides extra absorbency and exudate management
• Silver ions protects the dressing from bacterial contamination, including MRSA bacteria
• Silverlon CA Dressing provides up to 7 days of antimicrobial protection
• Permanently plated metallic surface
• Eliminates the need to pick for remnants left in the wound
• Silverlon dressings contain more metallic silver than other silver dressings
• Durable mesh core ensures high integrity, tensile strength of dressing
• SilverIon has an anti-microbial effect within 2 hours against MRSA, with eradication in 4 hours
• No increase in bioburden
• Latex free
• Sterile

When to use Argentum Silverlon Antimicrobial Calcium Alginate Dressing?

• Moderately to heavily-exudating
• Skin graft and donor sites
• Partial and full thickness wounds
• 1st and 2nd degree burns
• Traumatic and surgical wounds
• Vascular ulcers and diabetic ulcers
• Pressure ulcers and dermal ulcers

What to buy with Silverlon Calcium Alginate with Silver Dressing

• Coloplast Baza Moisture Barrier Antifungal Cream
• Coloplast Bedside-Care Body Wash Spray
• Coloplast Sea-Clens Wound Cleanser

How to use Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing?

• Before application, debride when necessary and irrigate the wound site in accordance with standard protocols.
• Remove the excess solution from the surrounding skin.
• Select a size of Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing that is slightly larger than the wound.
• Cut using clean scissors or fold the dressing to fit the wound, either side down.
• Loosely pack deep wounds, ensuring the dressing does not overlap the wound margins.
• For heavily exudating wounds, apply to the wound bed directly.
• For wounds with minimal exudate, apply to sterile water or saline-moistened wound bed.

How to remove Silverlon Dressing?

• To remove Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing, first gently remove the secondary dressing.
• If the wound appears dry, saturate the dressing with sterile water or normal saline solution prior to removal.
• Gently remove the dressing from the wound bed and discard.
• Irrigate the wound site with a suitable wound cleanser before applying a new dressing.

When to change the Argentum Silverlon Dressing?

• Dressing change frequency depends on the patient's condition and the level of exudate
• Initially, it may be required to change the Silver Calcium Alginate Wound Dressing every 24 hours
• It should be reapplied when the secondary dressing has reached its absorbent capacity or whenever good wound care practice dictates that the dressing should be changed

Contraindications:

• Avoid using on patients with known sensitivity to silver, nylon, or alginates
• Calcium Alginate Dressing With Silver is not intended for use on 3rd-degree burns
• Not intended for use to control heavy bleeding
• Do not moisten Silverlon Calcium Alginate Dressing with hydrogen peroxide or povidone-iodine

Warnings:

• Do not use past expiration dates on the product packaging.
• Do not use it if the pouch is damaged or open.
• Clinicians or healthcare professionals should be aware that there are very limited data on prolonged and repeated use of silver-containing dressings, particularly in children and neonates.
• Do not use petroleum-based ointments or creams under Silverlon Antimicrobial Silver Calcium Alginate Dressing.
• Silverlon CA dressing may adhere to tissue if used on lightly exudating wounds.