ANTIBACTERIAL WOUND DRESSING BASED ON SILVERED GEL-FORMING FABRIC

摘要

Disclosed herein is an antibacterial wound dressing derived from silvered fabric comprising gel-forming fibres having silver ions linked thereto, the wound dressing having a weight to weight ration of silver to nitrate in the dressing of from 0.5 to 4, where also the wound dressing as disclosed is obtained by a process including the steps of forming a fabric comprising gel forming fibres and contacting the fabric with a solution containing silver nitrate by spraying the solution onto the fabric.