Well if silver kills bacteria by suffocation then this is no surprise. I've always wondered how this would work I must say. Dee
-------Original Message------- From: [email protected] Date: 07/14/08 18:31:11 To: [email protected] Subject: CS>Re: curad Re: silver-digest Digest V2008 #416 > Has anyone ever reported a problem with puncture wounds > when using the Curad Silver bandage? So I decided to investigate at a sixty power (60x). At this power I saw that the bacteria covered nearly every space on the pad between the silver mesh. The bacteria grew everywhere except directly on the silver threads! This meant that the bandage pad was covered with bacteria!..." http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/J1405.pdf [NOTE: links to a one-page .PDF article.] jr
