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ACTICOATSNTM Flex 3 & 7

Antimicrobial Barrier Dressing

ACTICOAT Flex

ACTICOAT◊ offers a range of premium antimicrobial dressings to help in a variety of wounds

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Evidence

1. ACTICOAT◊ Flex 3 & 7 provide sustained (3 or 7 day) antimicrobial activity against a broad spectrum of wound pathogens including MRSA & Pseudomonas aeruginosa1

Figure 1. Antimicrobial activity measured by log reduction of ACTICOAT◊ Flex 7 against common pathogenic wound pathogens over a 24 hour period (mean results, n=3)

 

2. ACTICOAT◊ Flex 3 & 7 rapidly kill bacteria in as little as thirty minutes2.

Antibacterial action helps provide rapid protection from bacterial colonization.

Figure 2. Antimicrobial activity measured by log reduction of ACTICOAT◊ Flex 3 against S. aureus and P. aeruginosa at 30 minutes (mean results, n=3)


References

1. Smith and Nephew Data on Files ref. 0812022. Antimicrobial activity of ACTICOAT◊ Flex 7 against pathogenic wound pathogens.

2. Smith and Nephew Data on Files ref. 0810018. ACTICOAT◊ Flex 3 has antimicrobial activity in 30 minutes.

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