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  • Global Insights on LVAD Driveline Dressing Protocols to Advance Nursing Care: A Systematic Review

    July 2024

    Authors: Hannah Y. Miller, BSN, RN andChrystal L. Lewis, PhD, RN
    Stanford Medicine
    Presented at: Sigma Theta Tau International 35th International Nursing Research Congress

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  • Exploring LVAD Driveline Dressing Care from the Patient’s Perspective

    April 2026

    Authors:Hannah Miller, BSN, RN, Chrystal Lewis, PhD, RN, Roma Patel, BSN, RN, Omah Odeh, BSN, RN,Sunny Varshney, MD, Erik Henricksen, PharmD, BCPS, Kiran Khush, MD, Jeffrey Teuteberg, MD
    Stanford Health Care, Stanford University School of Medicine
    Presented: ISHLT 2026

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  • Utilization of Silver Based Dressing for Reducing Infection Rates after Left Ventricular Assist Device: Is There a Benefit?

    April 2026

    Authors: Christine Swanson, Karam R.Motawea, Erika Rogers, Tiara Narvaez, Mohammad El Diasty, Sashelin Naidoo, Yakov Elgudin, Yasir Abu-Omar
    University Hospitals, Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
    Presented: ISHLT 2026

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  • Utilization of a Silver-plated Dressing on Extracorporeal MembraneOxygenation Cannulation Sites to Reduce Frequency of Insertion SiteExposure and Associated CLABSI Incidence

    October 2024

    Authors: Alexandra Stubblefield, BSN, RN, CES-A, E-AEC, Molly Liddell, DNP,
    RN, APNP, AGCNS-BC, CMSRN, Amber Stempf, BSN, RN, CES-A,
    Lucian Durham III, MD, PhD1;

    Froedtert Hospital, Milwaukee, USA.
    Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA

     

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  • Bridging Communication Gaps to Reduce Dialysis Catheter Related Central Line Associated Blood Stream Infections in an Academic Hospital

    2024

    Author: Ashlee Dodd MHA, Shamima Sharmin MBBS, MSc, MPH, CIC

    Published in the American Journal of Infection Control

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  • After Successfully Lowering SSIs, Now What

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  • Heterogeneity in HeartMate 3 Implanting Center Infection Management Reveals Opportunities for Quality Improvement and Best Practice Initiatives during Left Ventricular Assist Device Support – The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

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  • Use of Antimicrobial Silver-Plated Dressings for LVAD Driveline Infection Prevention: Data to Support Clinical Practice

    May 2025

    Authors: Nancy M. Richards, MSN, APRN-CNS,CCNS, CCRN; Karen K. Giuliano, PhD, RN

    University of Kansas Health System; University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Presented: NTI 2025

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  • The Reduction of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections with the Use of Silver-Plated Disk Dressings in Burn Injured Patients

    October 2024

    Authors: Michaela M Craig, BA, BSN, RN, CCRN, Sendra Starnes, MHA, BSN, RN, Tamika Lovelace, MSN, BSN, RN, CIC

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

    Presentation: AVA 2024

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  • Heterogeneity in HeartMate 3 Implanting Center Infection Management Reveals Opportunities for Quality Improvement and Best Practice Initiatives During Left Ventricular Assist Device Support

    Authors: Jennifer A. Cowger, MD, MS, Sarah Schettle, PA-C, MBA, Francis D. Pagani, MD, PhD, Farooq H. Sheikh, MD, Jennifer M. Hajj, MHDS, BSN, Kulpreet Barn, MD, James K. Kirklin, MD, Brandon Singletary, PhD,gEzequiel J. Molina, MD, Edward Soltesz, MD MPH, Mirnela Byku, MD, Mani Daneshmand, MD, Nir Uriel, MD, Laura Coyle, MSN, ACNP, Katherine L. Wood, MD, Kelly O’Connell, PhD, Robert Kormos, MD, and Manreet K. Kanwar, MD

    Publication: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2025

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  • A Silver Lining in the VAD Sky: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study of a silver patch

    April 2025

    Authors: S. Baudart, J. Lee, L. Klein

    AHFCCC, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, Quality Improvement, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

    Presented: ISHLT 2025

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  • Silverlon: Minimising Patient and Healthcare Provider Burden

    April 2025

    Authors: Shishir Kore Paul Callan, Steven Shaw, Jacquelyn Hooper, Rajamiyer Venkateswaran

    Wythenshawe Hospital Cardiothoracic Transplant Unit, Manchester Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Presented: ISHLT 2025

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  • LVAD Driveline Infection Prevention: Data to Support the Use of Antimicrobial Silver-Plated Dressings and Standard Securement

    April 2025

    Authors: Danielle Barrager, RN, BSN LVAD Coordinator

    MultiCare Health System, Tacoma WA

    Presented: ISHLT 2025

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  • Mechanical Characterization of Anchoring Devices for the Prevention of Driveline Infection in Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients

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  • Mechanical Characterization of Anchoring Devices for Preventing Trauma and Driveline Infection in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Device

    J. Schachl, M. Stoiber, M. Socha, D.Wiedemann, D. Zimpfer, H. Schima, T. Schlöglhofer

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  • Staying in Place: In Vitro Comparison of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Cannula Fixation for Dislodgment Prevention

    Authors: Roxana Moayedifar, Johanna Schachl Markus Königshofer, Martin Stoiber, Julia Riebandt, Daniel Zimpfer, Thomas Schlöglhofer

    Published in Journal of Clinical Medicine, March 2025

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  • Clinicians identify ways to prevent peritoneal dialysis catheter exit site infections May 2021

    March 2025

    Talha H. Imam, MD; and Alan Falcioni, MSN, RN, CNN

    From Nephrology News & Issues

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  • Efficacy of Silver Plated Dressing Pad in Reducing Left Ventricular Assist Device Driveline Infections When Compared to Chlorhexidine Impregnated Disc

    February 2025

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  • Safety and Feasibility of Silverlon Dressings for the Management of Radiation Dermatitis

    February 2025

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  • Use of Silver-Plated Dressings to Decrease CLABSIs in ECMO Patients

    October 2024

    Authors: Richmond, Rose; Caffey, Megan

    Publication: ASAIO Journal

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  • The Use of Antimicrobial Silver-Plated Dressings for LVAD Driveline Infection Prevention: Data to Support Clinical Practice

    October 2024

    Authors: Nancy M. Richards, MSN, APRN-CNS, CCRN1; Karen K. Giuliano, PhD, RN2

    Lead VAD Coordinator, University of Kansas Hospital1; Co-Director Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation, University of Massachusetts Amherst2

    Presentation: AVA 2024

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  • The Reduction of Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infections with the Use of Silver-Plated Disk Dressings in Burn Injured Patients

    October 2024

    Authors: Michaela M Craig, BA, BSN, RN, CCRN, Sendra Starnes, MHA, BSN, RN, CNML, Tamika Lovelace, MSN, BSN, RN, CIC, James H. Holmes IV, MD FACS

    Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist

    Presented: ABA 2025

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  • Reducing Central Line – Associated Bloodstream Infections With a Multipronged Nurse-Driven Approach

    August 2024

    Authors: Linda M. Hoke, PhD, RN, AGCNS-BC, CCNS, CCRN, WCC, Gracy C. Mathen, MSN, RN, PCCN, Ellen Beckett, BSN, BA, RN

    Publication: Critical Care Nurse

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  • Decreasing Utilization of Indwelling Urinary Catheters Using Creative Strategies

    May 2024

    Authors: Jeannine W.C. Blake, PhD RN1, Ellie Milo, DNP RN CENP NEA-BC2, Robert Garcia, BS, MT(ASCP), CIC, FAPIC3

    Christus Santa Rosa Hospital

    Publication: Elaine Mareib Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation, University of Massachusetts Amherst; Chief Nursing Officer, Christus Santa Rosa Westover Hillss; Enhanced Epidemiology LLC

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  • Peg Tube Dislodgement Reducing Harm Through Innovative Product and Process Change

    May 2024

    Authors: Amanda Ross, RN, Jeannine Blake, PhD RN

    Memorial Hermann Southwest, Houston, Texas, USA

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  • A Silver Lining in the VAD Sky: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Driveline Dressing Study

    April 2024

    University of California at San Francisco

    Publication: Department of Mechanical Circulatory Support, Advanced Heart Failure Comprehensive Care Center

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  • ECMO Care Beyond Decannulation: A Nurse Driven Wound Care Protocol

    April 2024

    Authors: Audrey Basic1, Emily Smith1, Jonathon Holte2, Sylvie Baudart3, Jason Smith4

    University of California at San Francisco

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  • Silver-Plated Wound Dressings for the Management of Radiation Dermatitis in Head and Neck Cancer

    April 2024

    Authors: Cody R Kilar, DO, PhD1, Christopher Knoth, MD2, Alexis Warden PA-C3, David A Clump, MD, PhD4

    Department of Radiation Oncology, West Virginia University Cancer Institute, Morgantown, West Virginia

    Publication: WVU Cancer Institute

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  • Patient Perspectives on Novel Intervention for Radiation Dermatitis

    March 2024

    Authors: Phylicia Gawu, D.O.1, Oluwatomiwa Awobayiku, BS2, Alekhya Mitta M.D.3, Christina Henson M.D.4

    The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Stephenson Cancer Center; New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University

    Publication: InitialPatient Perspectives on a Novel Intervention for Radiation Dermatitits: A Single Institutional Experience

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  • Modified Sodium Hypochlorite Wound Cleansing for Chronic Wounds: Focused Clinical Literature Review

    Autors: Karen K. Giuliano, RN, PhD1; Bill Richlen PT, WCC, DWC2; & Charlie P. Buscemi, PhD, APRN, CWCN, WOCNF3

    1University of Massachusetts Amherst2Wound Care Gurus3Florida International University. Miami, Fl.

    Publication: Florida International University

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  • Silverlon: A Weapon Against Driveline Infections in LVAD Patients

    2023

    Authors: K.R. Barrett1, B. Ebert2, and M. Remaly3

    Lehigh Valley Health Network, Allentown, PA; Lehigh Valley Health Network, Harleysville, PA; and the Lehigh Valley Hospital, Germansville, PA

    Publication: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Vol 42, No 4S, April 2023

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  • The Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite Antiseptic: a Double-blind, Randomised Controlled Pilot Study

    2022

    Authors: Thomas E. Serena1, MD, FACS, President and Trustee; Laura Serena1, LPN, Vice-President of Research Operations; Omar Al-Jalodi1, MD, Natrox Wound Care Fellow; Keyur Patel2, DO, Medical Director; Kristy Breisinger1, Research Analyst

    1 SerenaGroup Research Foundation, Cambridge, MA, US. 2 SerenaGroup Advanced Wound and Hyperbaric Center, Monroeville, PA, US.

    Publication: Journal of Wound Care

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  • Driveline Exit-Site Care Protocols in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Devices: a Systematic Review

    May 2021

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  • Modified Sodium Hypochlorite Anti-microbial Skin and Wound Gel in Difficult to Heal Wounds

    2021

    Authors: Cassidy Finn, DO, Kristin Connors, NP, Jill Eysaman-Walker, DO, CWSP, ABWMS

    Catholic Health Advanced Wound Healing Centers Mt. St. Marys Center for Hyperbarics and Wound Healing Buffalo, Cheektowaga and Lewiston, NY

    Publication: Florida International University

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  • Silver-plated Discs at PICC Insertion Sites in the Neonatal ICU

    2021

    Authors: Gloribel Medina, MHA, MPH, BSN, RNC-NIC, Karen Fugate, MSN, RNC-NIC, CPHQ, Kimberly Atrubin, MPH, CIC, CPHQ, FAPIC

    Children’s Medical Center, Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA

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  • The Effect of Blast-Related Burn Injuries from Prolonged Field Care to Rehabilitation and Resilience

    2020

    Authors: Charles C. Engel, Ryan K. McBain, Samantha McBirney, Sara E. Heins, Molly M. Simmons, Emily Hoch, Mimi Shen, Nicholas Broten, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Tepring Piquado

    RAND Corporation

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  • How effective is your wound cleanser? An evaluation using bacterial fluorescence imaging

    2019

    Author: Rosemary Hill, BSN CWOCN WOCC ©

    Lions Gate Hospital, Vancouver Coastal Health, North Vancouver, BC, Canada

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  • The Use of a Silver-Nylon Dressing During Evacuation of Military Burn Casualties

    2017

    Authors: Amit Aurora, D.Eng., Alexander Beasy, BA, Julie A. Rizzo, MD, Kevin K. Chung, MD

    Original Article

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  • Utilizing Silver Plated Fabric With Negative Pressure Wound Therapy

    2017

    Author: Tina Baum, MS, CNS, ACNS-BC, CWON

    Florida Hospital North Pinellas

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  • Reduction in Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Correlated With the Introduction of a Novel Silver-Plated Dressing for Central Venous Catheters and Maintained for 6 Years

    2017

    Authors: Rachel Karlnoski PhD1, Elia Charbel Abboud MD1, Peggy Thompson BSN CIC FAPIC2, Asa Z. Oxner MD3, John T. Sinnott, MD FACP4, Jorge E. Marcet MD FACS FASCRS1

    Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA

    Publication: Journal of Intensive Care Medicine

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  • Use of a Silver Nylon Dressing Following Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Decreases the Postoperative Infection Rate

    2017

    Authors: Ashley J. Tisosky MD1, Otatade Iyoha-Bello BSc2, Nicholas Demosthenes BA3, Giovanni Quimbayo MD2, Tara Coreanu BSc4, Ayesha Abdeen MD FRCSC5

    Harvard Combined Orthopaedic Residency Program, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Publication: JAAOS – Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons

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  • Reduce Driveline Trauma Through Stabilization and Exit Site Management: 30 Days Feasibility Results from the Multicenter RESIST Study

    2016

    Authors: Marcia Stahovich, Kartik S. Sundareswaran, Sarah Fox, William Hallinan, Peggy Blood, Leway Chen, Salpy V. Pamboukian, Raymond Chinn, David J. Farrar, Francis D. Pagani, Laura Blue

    Publication: ASAIO Journal 2016

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  • A Literature Review of the Military Uses of Silver-Nylon Dressings with Emphasis on Wartime Operations

    2014

    Author: David J. Barillo, MD, FACS, FCCM

    Department of Surgery, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital-Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

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  • Silver-Resistance, Allergy, and Blue Skin: Truth or Urban Legend?

    2014

    Author: Dr. Jose P. Sterling, MD

    St. Vincent Regional Medical Center, Santa Fe, NM, USA

    Publication: BURNS: The Journal of the International Society of Burn Injuries

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  • Silver-Based Dressings for the Reduction of Surgical Site Infection: Review of Current Experience and Recommendation for Future Studies

    2014

    Authors: Elia Charbel Abboud MD, Judson C. Settle MD, Timothy B. Legare MD, Jorge E. Marcet MD, David J. Barillo MD, Jaime E. Sanchez MD

    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Publication: BURNS: The Journal of the International Society of Burn Injuries

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  • Silver in Medicine: A Brief History BC 335 to Present

    2014

    Authors: David E. Marx DVM, David J. Barillo MD FACS FCCM

    University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA

    Publication: BURNS: The Journal of International Society of Burn Injuries

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  • Silver In Medicine: The Basic Science

    2014

    Authors: David J. Barillo, MD FACS FCCM, David E. Marx DVM

    University of Scranton, Scranton, PA, USA

    Publication: BURNS: The Journal of International Society of Burn Injuries

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  • Military Applications of Silver-Nylon Dressings

    2014

    Author: David J. Barillo MD FACS FCCM

    Winchester Medical Center, Winchester VA, USA

    Publication: BURNS: The Journal of the International Society of Burn Injuries

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  • Wound Healing and Cost-Saving Benefits of Combining Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy with Silver

    2013

    Authors: Jeffrey C. Karr DPM, Fernando Loret de Mola MD, Tri Pham MD, Leslie Tooke RN

    The Wound Care Center at Lakeland Regional Medical Center, Lakeland, FL, USA

    Publication: Advances in Skin & Wound Care

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  • A Clinical Evaluation of Silverlon® Wound Contact Layer Antimicrobial Wound Dressing

    2013

    Author: Gareth Owen

    Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

    01140
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  • Silver Negative Pressure Dressing With Vacuum-assisted Closure of Massive Pelvic and Extremity Wounds

    2013

    Authors: Herrick J. Siegel MD, Diego F. Herrera MD, Jason Gay CRNFA

    University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL, USA

    Publication: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

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  • The Use of Silver Nylon in Preventing Surgical Site Infections Following Colon and Rectal Surgery

    2011

    Authors: Beth Krieger MD, Donald M. Davis MD, Jaime E. Sanchez MD, James J. Mateka, Valentine N. Nfonsam MD, Jared C. Frattini MD, Jorge E. Marcet MD

    University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

    Publication: Diseases of the Colon & Rectum

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  • Left Ventricular Assist Devices: An Innovative Approach to Decrease Infections Using a Silver Contact Dressing

    2010

    Author: Joan Lerner Selekof BSN RN CWOCN

    University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA

    Presented at Mid Atlantic Region Wound Ostomy and Conference Nurses Annual Conference

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  • Non-Inferiority of a Novel Silver-Plated Dressing for Central Venous Catheters: A retrospective Cohort Evaluating Rates of Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infections in Adult Intensive Care Patients

    2008

    Authors: Asa Oxner MD, Andrew Myers MD, John Sinnot MD, FACP, Jorge Marcet MD, Jillian Sajdak, Peggy Thompson BSN, CIC, Charles Myers

    University of South Florida College of Medicine

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  • Chronic, Diabetic Foot Wounds with Ischemia and Tissue Loss: Use of Advanced Wound Care Techniques, Silver Plated Cloth, Allografts and Vascular Intervention to Prevent Further Tissue Loss

    2008

    Authors: Dr. Stanley N. Carson MD FACS, Eric Travis DPM, Diana To MPT

    Fountain Valley Regional Hospital, Fountain Valley, CA, USA

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  • A Clinical Trial to Investigate the Effect of Silver Dressings on Mediastinitis Rates in Postoperative Cardiac Sternotomy Incisions

    2008

    Authors: Roger Huckfeldt MD FACS, Clyde Redmond MD, Debbie Mikkelson BSM, Phillip J. Finley MS, Cindy Lowe BS CCRP, Jennifer Robertson RN

    St John’s Regional Health Center, Springfield, MO, USA

    Publication: Ostomy Wound Management

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  • Comparison of Silverlon Dressing to Xeroform Gauze in the Treatment of Skin Graft Donor Site Wounds

    2007

    Authors: Michael C. Albrecht MD, Evan Renz MD, Leopoldo C. Cancio MD, Christopher E. White MD, Lorne H. Blackbourne MD, Kevin Chung MD, Eric E. Horvath DO, Peggy Bielke RN, David Baer PhD, Steven E. Wolf MD, John B. Holcomb MD

    U.S. Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, TX, USA

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  • Do Silver-impregnated Dressings Limit Infections After Lumbar Laminectomy with Instrumented Fusion?

    2007

    Author: Nancy E. Epstein MD

    Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA

    Publication: Surgical Neurology

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  • Healing Chronic, Ischemic, Infected Saphenous Vein Harvest Sites in the Legs with Silver Plated Cloth and Allograft Dermal Regenerative Matrix

    2005

    Authors: Stanley Carson, MD FACS, Eric Travis, DPM, Carol Ajifu PT, DIana To, MPT

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  • A Comparison of an Antimicrobial Wound Cleanser to Normal Saline in Reduction of Bioburden and its Effect on Wound Healing

    2004

    Author: Julie Lindfors, RN, CWCCN

    Publication: Ostomy/Wound Management

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  • Silverlon use in Afghanistan for Burn Care

    2003

    Authors: Mary-Margaret Brandt MD, Margaret Tait MT (ASCP), Thomas Toddanio MA MT (ASCP), Wendy Wahl MD

    University of Michigan Burn Center, MI, USA

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  • Treatment of Pyoderma Gangrenosum with a Silver Contact Layer

    2002

    Author: Dr. Carl Van Gils

    Dixie Regional Medical Center Wound Clinic, St. George, UT, USA

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Please note:
These studies may involve findings that exceed the claims currently cleared by the FDA for the product. Argentum Medical, LLC is not intending to make performance claims about its product. The intent is to disseminate the scientific literature on these products. We encourage you to read these studies to understand the strengths and limitations of the data. For some claims, Argentum is seeking to broaden the indications with the FDA in the future using data, such as these studies, to provide the substantiation.

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