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• Title: Topical Silver for Infected Wounds (Evidence-Based Practice) (Report)
• Author : Journal of Athletic Training
• Release Date : January 01, 2009
• Genre: Sports & Outdoors,Books,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 62 KB

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COMMENTARY Based on the current literature, concern is growing regarding the incidence of infection after acute skin trauma (ie, abrasions, incisions). Inappropriate cleansing, debridement, and dressing techniques and exposure to contaminated sources through common transmission modes (eg, person to person, common source, vector) can lead to bacterial colonization and perhaps clinical infection. From 1992 to 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance System data. (1) demonstrated that surgical site infections were the third most commonly reported nosocomial infection type in US acute-care hospitals. Annually, surgical site infections account for 38% of all infections among surgical patients. In athletes, numerous outbreaks of Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus skin and soft tissue infections have been reported, with acute skin trauma identified as a risk factor. Marketing of solutions, soaps, and dressings used in the management of wound infection has inundated the athletic training product literature and national, state, and local symposiums and meetings. Most advertising efforts have focused on antimicrobial dressings, such as silver, and these marketing strategies have the potential to influence clinical decisions without consideration of existing evidence-based data. Among patients and athletes, a wound infection can increase pain and discomfort, delay healing and return to activities, and potentially cause life-threatening conditions.

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