Table 2.

Silver penetration through de-epithelised skin explants.

Dressing	Silver content in skin [μg/g]		Silver content in acceptor fluid [μg/mL]
	24 h	48 h	24 h	48 h
Aq	106.8 ± 49.9	125.3 ± 87.4	6.6 ± 8.7	24.3 ± 17.9
Ac	143.5 ± 43.4	293.7 ± 110.3	5.1 ± 3.2	3.6 ± 1.0
Sc	111.7 ± 62.3	86.6 ± 65.9	2.0a	3.5 ± 3.9
Ia	188.3 ± 161.8	197.6 ± 165.1	11.8 ± 13.2	11.0 ± 9.7

The skin was treated with silver-containing dressings in Franz diffusion cells for 24 or 48 h. Silver concentration in the skin or acceptor fluid was measured by means of ICP-OES. Mean ± SD, n = 3.

^aSamples were below the limit of detection in 2 of 3 measurements.