Silver Non–Adhesive Dressings

A unique multifunctional polymeric membrane dressing, designed to facilitate healing, relieve pain and reduce inflammation.

PolyMem® Silver is made from small particle elemental, metallic silver and delivers all the benefits of PolyMem®, with the added antimicrobial effect – all without releasing silver into the wound bed. An ideal choice for infected and malodorous wounds.

The ONLY dressing of its kind
When PolyMem Silver is applied to the wound, the dressing components work individually and synergistically to support wound healing and pain relief.1.

How the PolyMem Silver formulation works:
High purity small silver particles are uniformly distributed throughout and bound into the PolyMem formulated membrane for maximum surface area and effectiveness. Silver ions, which provide the antimicrobial action, are released from the surface of the silver particles when they come in contact with moisture.
All PolyMem dressings effectively cleanse, fill, absorb and moisten wounds throughout the healing continuum.

Key Benefits:
In addition to delivering all the PolyMem benefits, PolyMem Silver also:
• Modulates inflammatory response
– By altering the actions of certain nerve endings (nociceptors).2
–Also effective in decreasing bruising, swelling and secondary injury.3 4
• Relieves pain
– PolyMem dressings achieve significant pain relief by inhibiting the nociceptor response both locally and centrally.
– Proven to provide an analgesic effect.2 5
• Debrides the wound.
• Simplified dressing choice.
• Protects from contamination.
• Multiple configurations.
• Generates silver ions consistently from a continuous silver reservoir.
• Reduces bioburden in the dressing.
• Kills 99.9% of entire population of all bacteria and fungi tested*
• Absorbs up to 10 times its dressing weight in exudate.
• Maintains a moist wound healing environment for improved healing Eliminates needs for secondary dressing (except when using PolyMem WIC Silver)
• Won't stain skin.

References:
1Denyer J, Agathangelou C, White R, Ousey K, HariKrishna R et al (2015) PolyMem Made Easy. Wounds International. Available at https://www.woundsinternational.com/resources/details/polymem–dressings–made–easy.
2Beitz AJ, Newman A, Kahn AR et al (2004) A polymeric membrane dressing with antinociceptive properties: analysis with a rodent model of stab wound secondary hyperalgesia. J Pain 5(1): 38–47.
3Cutting KF, Vowden P, and Wiegand C (2015) Wound inflammation and the role of a multifunctional polymeric dressing. Wounds International 6(2): 41–6.
4Benskin LL (2016) Polymeric membrane dressings for topical wound management of patients with infected wounds in a challenging environment: A protocol with 3 case examples. Ostomy Wound Manage 62(5): 42–50.
5Kahn AR (2000) A superficial cutaneous dressing inhibits inflammation and swelling in deep tissues. Pain Med 1(2): 187.
*Organisms tested included Klebsiella pneumoniae (ATCC# 4352), Pseudomonas aeruginosa (ATCC# 9027), Enterococcus faecalis (VRE)(ATCC# 51575), Candida albicans (ATCC# 10231), Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) (ATCC# 33591) and Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC#6538). The organisms chosen demonstrate the antimicrobial actions of the silver formulation on relevant, representative organisms.

Indications:
PolyMem Silver is indicated for a wide variety of infected full– and partial– thickness painful wounds including, but not limited to:

Acute wounds:
• First / second–degree burns
• Skin tears
• Surgical wounds

Chronic wounds:
• Diabetic foot ulcers
• Leg ulcers
• Pressure ulcers (stages I–IV)

Specialist wounds:
• Dermatological disorders (e.g. epidermolysis bullosa)
• Donor and graft sites