The bandages rely on body fluid to act as an electrolyte between the silver and aluminium mesh or it won't generate silver ions.
 The test was seriously flawed.
 You misunderstood how they work.
 Agar in contact with the surface is not an electrolyte "in" the bandage.
Next time soak it with saline or something to mimic "ooze" and sweat, or whatever.

Ode



At 10:29 AM 7/14/2008 -0700, you wrote:
> Has anyone ever reported a problem with puncture wounds
>  when using the Curad Silver bandage?

From a comparison study:
"...The Band-Aid Antibiotic bandages kept off nearly 100% of the bacteria. Silver bandages did not seem to inhibit bacteria growth well. The label on the package of the Silver bandages said that they would. So I decided to investigate at a sixty power (60x). At this power I saw that the bacteria covered nearly every space on the pad between the silver mesh. The bacteria grew everywhere except directly on the silver threads! This meant that the bandage pad was covered with bacteria!..."
http://www.usc.edu/CSSF/History/2006/Projects/J1405.pdf
[NOTE: links to a one-page .PDF article.]
jr


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