Silver in healthcare : its antimicrobial efficacy and safety in use / Alan B.G. Lansdown.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lansdown, A. B. G. (Alan B. G.)

Series:

Issues in Toxicology

Issues in toxicology, 1757-7179 ; no. 6

ISSN

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Silver--Therapeutic use.

Silver.

Metals in medicine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Royal Society of Chemistry, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Silver in healthcare has many different facets and since the early concepts of microbiology of the 1880's, has been developed from usage in surgical clips, staples, foil wound dressings and surgical implants, to the widespread and clinically effective antiseptic wound dressings, sutures, catheters, bone and dental implants, and cardiovascular devices of today. From the dawn of human civilisation, silver has had a role of water purification and even now has a role in hospital water systems for control of MRSA and legionnaires disease. Biotechnological advances in recent years have extended the

Contents:

9781849730068_Publicity; i_iv; v_vi; vii_viii; ix_xi; xii; 001_008; 009_042; 043_071; 072_091; 092_143; 144_151; 152_163; 164_213; 214_249; 250_255; 256_262

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781849731799

1849731799

OCLC:

642693433