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Why can’t saline be used to moisten Acticoat?

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Why can’t saline be used to moisten Acticoat?

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Saline contains chloride. If chloride ions are added to silver, a white solid called Silver Chloride is formed. Ag+ + Cl- = AgCl This Silver Chloride solid will greatly reduced the efficacy of the sustained silver release of the Acticoat dressing. Although there will be trace amounts of sodium chloride-salt in the wound bed already there will not be sufficient quantities of chloride ions to inactivate all silver ions.