Use of Catheters With the AgION Antimicrobial System in Kidney Transplant Recipients to Reduce Infection Risk

Applications of nanotechnology in food packaging and food safety: Barrier materials, antimicrobials and sensors

“…This is not only advantageous to the food industry, where silvercontaining plastics have been incorporated into everything from refrigerator liners [189] to cutting boards [190,191] to food storage containers [192,193], but it has also been revolutionary to the medical device industry, which has seen a proliferation of silvercoated urinary catheters [194,195], cardiovascular implants [196,197], esophageal tubes [198,199], bandages [200,201], sutures [202] and other instruments [203,204] on which bacterial growth compromises patient survival. This is not only advantageous to the food industry, where silvercontaining plastics have been incorporated into everything from refrigerator liners [189] to cutting boards [190,191] to food storage containers [192,193], but it has also been revolutionary to the medical device industry, which has seen a proliferation of silvercoated urinary catheters [194,195], cardiovascular implants [196,197], esophageal tubes [198,199], bandages [200,201], sutures [202] and other instruments [203,204] on which bacterial growth compromises patient survival.…”

Biocompatible/bioabsorbable silver nanocomposite coatings

“…Silver, in a variety of forms, is among the device‐based antimicrobial solutions that are currently commercially available, and it has a successful history of safe and efficacious use against a broad spectrum of gram‐positive and gram‐negative microbial agents. 15–17 Exposure to relatively low concentrations of oligodynamic antimicrobial compounds like silver can result in substantial reduction of viable microbial organisms. While the ionic form of silver, Ag + , is considered the primary active agent, 18 recent research indicates that the nanoscale metal form of the compound may have some unique antimicrobial attributes.…”

Central venous catheter colonization and catheter-related bloodstream infections in critically ill patients: a comparison between standard and silver-integrated catheters

“…In our study, an AgION antimicrobial system CVC was used. In the literature, a reduction in CVC-associated infections using the AgION antimicrobial system has been shown in only a small study group [13], which demonstrates the importance of the present study.…”

“…The new generation of silver sulfadiazine is impregnated with larger concentrations of the antiseptic on both the internal and external surfaces [10]. After a special processing using a new technique to incorporate silver ions into the polyurethane structure of the CVC, there are some positive reports on the decrease of the magnitude of CVC colonization and CRBSIs [13]. Catheter treatment is not a coating; rather, silver is integrated into polyurethane matrix of catheter in a process referred to as AgION incorporation.…”