The medical uses of silver include wound dressings, creams and antibiotic coatings on medical devices. Dressings containing silver sulfadiazine or silver nanomaterials are used to treat external infections, and limited evidence suggests silver coatings on breathing tubes may reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia while silver-alloy catheters may reduce catheter-acquired urinary tract infections during short-term use.
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The medical uses of silver include its use in wound dressings, creams, and as an antibiotic coating on medical devices.
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