RE: Bio Patch

[sascrni]

I just knew someone was going to ask that!

I don't know to be honest.  A quick pubmed search (which I am very new to doing) found one dermatology article:

 

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=12835542&itool=iconabstr&query_hl=3&itool=pubmed_docsum

 

I called Tristate and they sent me a bunch of literature ....but it says all their testing was done "in vitro".     If anyone is interested in this you can email me privately and I will forward it to you.....there are 4 emails that Tristate sent to me.

       There are a number of articles out there on the silver impregnated catheters showing a decrease in CRBSI....but is it really due to just the silver in the catheter or other factors?   I read the abstract on the dermatology article....it sounded promising to me.

 

 

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From: "Nancy Moureau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Is there any research to support the silver patch?

 

 

Nancy Moureau, BSN, CRNI

PICC Excellence, Inc.

888-714-1951

www.piccexcellence.com

[EMAIL PROTECTED]

 

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Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006 6:40 PM
To: Maria Kostylo; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Bio Patch

Just FYI....there is a silver impregnated patch that works the same way....but no bug has been shown to develop resistance to silver so far.  I think Tri-state makes it.  Here is a link: http://www.tshsc.com/images/literature_pdfs/SilverSite_Literature.pdf

 

Susan

Atlanta GA

 

 

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From: "Maria Kostylo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> Yes, we use it on our central lines.
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> Aloha, Maria
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> >>> "Jonathan Rolt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>04/09/06 02:34AM >>>
> Does any one use this. its made by Johnson and Johnson , one of our ID docs
> was trying to see if we can buy them. It's a disc that sits around the line
> at the insertion site . Thanks so much
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> Jonathan Rolt RN
> Com of Mass, Dept of Public Health
> Lemuel Shattuck Hospital
> ICU/IV TEAM
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