Table 2.
Common dressings used in superficial partial-thickness burn injury management [116,125,126,127,128,129].
| Dressings | Category | Dressing Material/Antimicrobial Agents |
|---|---|---|
| Urgosorb® Silver, Urgotul SSD, Urgotul® Silver, Urgotul Duo Silver, Allevyn® Ag Gentle | Antimicrobial silver dressings, soft polymer | polyester mesh impregnated with hydrocolloid, petroleum jelly/silver sulfadiazine (SSD) |
| Bactigras® | Low-adherence wound-dressing pads | white soft paraffin tulle dressing/chlorhexidine acetate BP |
| Acticoat®, Atrauman® Ag | Low-adherence antimicrobial silver dressings | high-density polyethylene mesh of a rayon-polyester with nanocrystalline silver |
| Algosteril, Comfeel Alginate Dressing, Carrasorb H, Kaltostat, Cardinal Health™ Reinforced Gelling Fibers Algisite M | Fiber dressings, alginates | calcium alginate dressing derived from seaweed |
| Askina Calgitrol Ag®, Algicell® Ag, Tegaderm® Aliginate Ag, Sorbsan Silver Flat, Silvercel®, Melgisorb® Ag, Biatain Alginate Ag, Acticoat® Absorbent, Silvercel®, Algisite® Ag, Suprasorb® A + Ag, Actisorb®22 | Antimicrobial silver dressings, alginates | silver alginate wound dressing consisting of an absorbent foam sheet coated with an alginate matrix containing ionic silver and a superabsorbent starch co-polymer |
| OpSite, Tegaderm | Film/membrane dressings | adhesive-coated hydrophilic polyurethane film |
| Aquacel Ag® Physiotulle® Ag |
Antimicrobial silver dressings, hydrofibers | sodium carboxymethylcellulose fibers containing 1.2% ionic silver |
| Comfeel, DuoDerm, Comfeel | Hydrocolloid dressings | hydrocolloids (gelatin, pectin and sodium carboxymethylcellulose) in an adhesive polymer matrix |
| Aqua clear, Nu-gel, IntraSite, Aqua-Gel®, Burnaid®, Water-Jel, Hydrosorb |
Hydrogel dressings | amorphous hydrogels; high-water-content gels containing insoluble polymers (modified carboxymethylcellulose, hemicellulose, agar, glycerol, alginate, collagen, chitosan and pectin) or synthetic polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol or polyethylene glycol |
| Kerracel™ Gelling Fiber Dressing, AGILE™, AQUACEL® EXTRA™ Hydrofiber® Wound Dressing with Strengthening Fiber | Hydrofiber dressings | sodium carboxymethyl cellulose, strengthening cellulose fibers that form a gel when in contact with exudate |
| Mepitel® | Silicon-coated nylon dressings, low-adherent dressings, foams | safetac layer, made of soft silicone and porous, transparent and flexible polyamide mesh |
| Actisorb® Silver | Odor absorbent antimicrobial silver dressings | activated charcoal dressing with silver, enclosed in a non-adherent nylon sleeve |
| Biobrane, TransCyte, AWBAT-S | Biosynthetic skin substitute dressings | cyanuric chloride and dodecylamine covalently bond the collagen peptide to the silicone–nylon composite |
| Mepilex Border Ag, Mepilex Ag, Allevyn, Biatain | Foam dressings | polyurethane foam dressing with silver and activated carbon with a Safetac silicone contact layer |
| Suprathel | Synthetic antibacterial dressing, polylactic membranes (PLM) | copolymer of DL-lactide (>70%) and ε-caprolactone |
| Silverlon@ Wound Contact, Burn Contact Dressings | Dressing pads | Silverlon knitted nylon material plated with 99% elemental silver and 1% silver oxide |
| PermeaDerm, PermeaDerm B, PermeaDerm CW, PermeaDerm T, PermeaDerm AS | Adherent dressing, a synthetic matrix | a monofilament nylon knitted fabric, bonded to a silicone membrane (B, CW), coated with a mixture of porcine gelatin and a fraction of aloe vera or HMW-native collagen (T) or antiscar coating (AS) |
| PuraPly® Antimicrobial (PuraPly AM) Wound Matrix | Antimicrobial dressing, cross-linked extracellular matrix | a collagen sheet/0.1% polyhexmethylenebiguanide hydrochloride |