Surfactants help to dissolve and remove contamination from surfaces by lowering the surface tension and can be found in products such as skin wipes. MORE THAN SILVER™ technology incorporates BEC (Benzethonium chloride).

BEC reduces the surface tension within a biofilm to enhance the ability of EDTA to remove metal ions in biofilm. BEC and EDTA synergistically work together to disrupt biofilm structures aiding the absorption and removal of the EPS and microorganisms by the dressing¹^-⁵.

Chelating agents are compounds that strongly attract and bind certain metal ions, boosting the action of surfactants. MORE THAN SILVER™ technology incorporates EDTA (ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid disodium salt).

EDTA helps disrupt biofilm by removing metal ions that hold the EPS matrix together to expose microorganisms to the antimicrobial effects of the ionic silver¹^-⁴.

A broad-spectrum antimicrobial.

Silver is a safe, broad-spectrum antimicrobial that is only effective in its ionic form. Attracted to sites on bacterial cell walls, it accumulates and then enters the cell, where it damages the DNA, denatures proteins and enzymes, and interferes with protein synthesis.

The cell wall becomes porous and the contents leak out, leading to cell death ⁶^-⁷.

Distrupt and destroy Biofilm with AQUACEL ™ Ag+ Extra™