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    1. GENERAL BENEFITS
      1. ADVANCED LIQUID SILVER ANITMICROBIAL ACTIVITY TURNS ANY DRESSING (COMMODITY OR ADVANCED) INTO A BROAD SPECTRUM ANTIMICROBIAL DRESSING.
      2. PROVIDES 5 TIMES MORE ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY (50 PPM) THAN THE MINIMUM REQUIRED. IT WILL EVEN KILL BACTERIA PROTECTED BY BIOFILM.
      3. PATENTED “POTENTIATED SILVER” HELPS RESTORE NORMAL
        pH TO THE WOUND SITE (APPROX. 5.0)
      4. RAPIDLY PROVIDES AN ANALGESIC EFFECT TO WOUND AREA.
      5. PROVIDES ENHANCED RATE OF WOUND HEALING
      6. CAN BE USED TO TREAT ACUTE AND CHRONIC WOUNDS
        AS WELL AS BURNS.
      7. SAFE WITH NO CYTOTOXICITY AND WELL TOLERATED BY
        PATIENTS.
      8. DRAMATICALLY REDUCES THE COST OF WOUND THERAPY.
        TYPICAL DAILY COST OF SILVACIDE IS $00.25 to $00.36
      9. AVAILABLE IN 2, 4 AND 8 OZ. SPRAY BOTTLES
    2. APPLICATIONS
      1. POST OPERATIVE WOUND CARE
        1. SILVACIDE CAN BE APLIED TO ANY SURGICAL WOUND
          DRESSING.
        2. SILVACIDE WILL PROVIDE POTENT ANTIMICROBIAL
          ACTIVITY FOR ABOUT $2 A DAY.
        3. SILVACIDE WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A CLOSE TO
          NORMAL pH AT THE WOUND SITE.
        4. SILVACIDE WILL HELP KEEP WOUND SITE MOIST WITHOUT

          RISKING INFECTION.
        5. SILVACIDE WILL PREVENT THE FORMATION OF
          BIOFILMS WHICH CAN DRAMATICALLY SLOW THE
          HEALING PROCESS.
      2. CHRONIC WOUND MANAGEMENT
        1. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED TO REPLACE SALINE IN A
          “WET TO DRY” DRESSING. BY SO DOING, THE USER
          WILL HAVE THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE PLUS THE
          OPPORTUNITY TO CHANGE THE DRESSING EVERY OTHER DAY.
        2. SILVACIDE CAN BE APPLIED TO ADVANCED HYDROPH-
          ILLIC DRESSINGS (AQUACELL, ETC.) AND HAVE THE BENEFITS LISTED ABOVE. PLUS, WHEN USED THIS WAY, IT BECOMES A VERY COST EFFECTIVE REPLACEMENT (APPROX. $15/WEEK) FOR SILVER INPREGNATED DRESSINGS (AQUACELL AG, SILVASORB, ETC.) AT APPROX. $40/WEEK.
        3. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED WITH HYDROGELS TO OBTAIN
          ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY AND OTHER BENEFITS.
        4. PLATELET RICH PLASMA THERAPY: SILVACIDE CAN BE
          SPRAYED ON THE PRP TO PROTECT IT FROM INFECTION AND ACCELERATE HEALING.
        5. APLIGRAF: SILVACIDE CAN BE SPRAYED ON THE SITE
          TO PROTECT IT FROM INFECTION AND ACCELERATE HEALING.
        6. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED ON WOUNDS WHOSE LOC-
          ATION CAN MAKE HEALING PROBLEMATIC (LOW SACRAL WOUNDS, ETC.). BY SPRAYING IT DIRECTLY ONTO THE WOUND AND THEN COVERING WITH A SILVACIDE SATURATED COVER DRESSING WOUND HEALING WILL BE ACCOMODATED.
        7. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED ON WOUNDS WHICH ARE
          TUNNELED OR UNDERMINED. SIMPLY SPRAYING IT ON A 4 X 4 (OR COMPARABLE) THEN PACKED INTO THE WOUND WILL PREVENT INFECTION AND ACCELERATE HEALING. THIS CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED AT A FRACTION OF THE COST OF USING CONVENTIONAL PACKING DRESSINGS.
        8. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED ON SEVERELY INFECTED
          WOUNDS. THESE WOUNDS ARE OFTEN COMPLICATED BY NOT ONLY THE INFECTING AGENT, BUT ALSO BY THE BIOFILM WHICH BACTERIA SECRETE TO ISOLATE AND PROTECT THEMSELVES. THESE BIOFILMS ARE HIGHLY RESISTANT TO CONVENTIONAL THERAPIES (INCLUDING SILVER DRESSINGS) AND OFTEN ONLY RESPOND TO AGGRESSIVE ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY. WHEN SILVACIDE IS SPRAYED INTO THE WOUND BED AND COVERED WITH A SILVACIDE SATURATED COVER DRESSING, THE POTENTIATED SILVER IN SILVACIDE LITERALLY MAKES HOLES IN THE BIOFILM, ALLOWING IT TO THEN ATTACK AND DESTROY THE BACTERIA.
      3. BURNS
        1. SILVACIDE IS SIMPLE AND EASY TO APPLY. IT WILL GREATLY ASSIST IN KEEPING THE AREA MOIST.
        2. SILVACIDE CAN BE APPLIED AS FREQUENTLY AS RE-
          QUIRED TO MAINTAIN ANTIBACTERIAL EFFECT AND HEALING.
        3. SILVACIDE IS EXTREMELY COST EFFECTIVE, EVEN
          WHEN USED OVER LARGE AREAS.
        4. SILVACIDE CAN BE USED WITH ANY DRESSING OR
          COMBINATION OF DRESSINGS.
        5. SILVACIDE WILL PROVIDE AN ANALGESIC EFFECT TO
          TO THE AFFECTED AREA.

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