Worldcap is proud to offer this superior, revolutionary and patented range of both acute and chronic wound and burn care dressings which have been recognised to display a number of unique properties:

• Highest concentration of pure metallic silver per square inch – Results in the highest number of available silver ions which kill all known bacteria on contact. These ions furthermore have been shown to penetrate the skins surface and act upon a wound bed reducing infection/bioburden where it really matters.
• Analgesic effect – Silver is the world’s best conductor of both heat and electricity. Application of a Silverlon® dressing helps restore the skin’s natural electrical potential, and has a positive effect upon sensory nerve endings and nociceptors, reducing the rate at which pain signals are sent to the body’s central nervous system.
• Reduced Inflammatory Response – Silverlon® has been demonstrated to have a dampening effect upon the multiplicity of intra and extra cellular processes which produce inflammatory cascades following injury or trauma.
• Epithelial Growth – Restoration of the body’s natural electrical field, coupled with the effects mentioned above has been shown to enhance epithelial growth, thereby speeding healing and recovery times.

Silverlon® wound and burn dressings have been used to tremendously beneficial effect by the US Army to treat a wide range of injuries to both military and civilian personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq, sometimes in extremely austere conditions.

Silverlon® can be used for:

• Full and partial thickness Burns
• All open wounds both major and minor
• Lacerations
• Abrasions
• Surgical wounds
• Use with Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) systems
• Chronic wounds: Venus insufficiency, diabetic, pressure and arterial ulcerations

There is no known microbial resistance to Silverlon®. Antibacterial and antifungal properties include MRSA (Methacillin Resistant Staphylococcus aurous), VRE (Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Fecalis)

Silverlon® is long lasting (7 days usage – shelf life unlimited), potentially reusable under the right circumstances, lightweight, durable and easy to apply even in an austere field environment. It is flexible and conforms easily to wound surfaces. It provides a very effective microbial barrier dressing, and thereby controls the risk of environmental contamination.

Available products include:

Wound Dressings:

• Contact Dressings
• Packing Strips
• Island Dressings
• Wound Pad Dressings
• Adhesive strips
• NEW – SILVERLON CA Calcium Alginate dressing

Burns Dressings:

• Burn Contact Dressings
• Burn Pad Dressings
• Burn Wrap
• Burn Gloves
• Tubular Stretch Knit

Surgical Dressings (clinically proven in cardiovascular surgery):

• Surgical Pad Dressings
• Surgical Island Dressings
• Catheter Dressings

Negative Pressure Dressings:

• Winner of Frost & Sullivan 2006 Product Innovation Award