Table 1.
Dressing information
| Dressing | Manufacturer | Basic dressing composition | Silver modality |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aquacel | ConvaTec (Deeside, UK) | Carboxymethyl cellulose | None |
| Aquacel Ag | ConvaTec | Carboxymethyl cellulose | Ag+ |
| Algisite*M | Smith & Nephew (Hull, UK) | Calcium alginate | None |
| Acticoat*Absorbent | Smith & Nephew | Calcium alginate | Nanocrystalline Ag0 |
| Medifoam | Biopol (Seoul, Korea) | Polyurethane foam | None |
| Medifoam Ag | Biopol | Polyurethane foam | Ag+ |
| Biatain | Coloplast (Humlebaek, Denmark) | Polyurethane foam | None |
| Biatain Ag | Coloplast | Polyurethane foam | Ag+ |
| PolyMem | Ferris Mfg. (Burr Ridge, Chicago, IL) | Polyurethane foam | None |
| PolyMem Ag | Ferris Mfg. | Polyurethane foam | Nanocrystalline Ag0 |