title: Avance: silver hydropolymer dressing for critically colonized wounds.
abstract: Avance is a hydropolymer dressing that has a silver compound bonded into it. The silver acts as a bacterial shield to prevent bacterial invasion, and as a bacterial barrier to impede cross-infection. This article aims to give an overview of the use of silver in eradicating surface bacteria, and provides case study evidence of the use of Avance on the leg ulcers of two patients. Both patients had complex medical histories and underlying aetiologies that delayed the wound-healing process.
authors.affiliation: Tissue Viability Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust, London.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ballard
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: McGregor
mesh_terms: D001458:Bandages; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012834:Silver / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000382:microbiology / Q000451:nursing*
chemical_list: D012834:Silver