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

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

This study is to compare the treatment with two different silver-containing wound dressings: aquacel AG hydrofiber versus acticoat burn dressing.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Burn wounds with flux values, measured by Laser Doppler Imaging, corresponding with expected healing time between 7 and 21 days, flux values between 200 and 1000 (red-pink or pink-yellow-green colour)
• Wounds treated with a hydrocolloid paste prior to LDI
• Possibility to follow the complete treatment schedule until wound healing and participation on complete follow-up schedule
• Informed consent
• Partial thickness burns with TBSE < 40%

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