Bacterial Control in Partial Thickness Burns Using Silver-containing Wound Dressings

Exclusion Criteria

• •Mean flux values \< 200 or \> 1000
• •TBSA \> 40%
• •Impossibility to debride necrotic skin prior to LDI measurement
• •Wounds treated with any topical ointments or dressings other than hydrocolloid prior to LDI
• •Not following the complete treatment schedule or missing some evaluations during the follow-up period
• •Patient has any condition that seriously compromises the patient's ability to complete the study
• •Patient has participated in another study using an investigational drug within the previous 30 days
• •Patient has one or more medical condition(s)that in the opinion of the investigator would make the patient an inappropriate candidate for this study
• •The plastic surgeon decides that surgery is necessary due to unusual circumstances
• •Patient wish to decline from the study
• •No informed consent
• •Full thickness burns