17 Jan PREVENTING SKIN INFECTIONS IN DIALYSIS USING SILVER DRESSINGS
Preventing catheter site infections is essential for proper peritoneal dialysis maintenance.
These infections can have serious consequences for the patient such as peritonitis, loss of the catheter and drop-out from this dialysis method.
In addition to proper catheter management, which is the basic approach for preventing infections, numerous experiences have been reported in literature that use advanced dressings with silver ions that aim to stabilize the exit-site through “continuous” disinfection, in order to reduce the incidence of catheter site infections and improve management of patients on dialysis.
See all the results related to the study on infection prevention using silver ions.
