StatSil Antimicrobial materials

StatSil Antimicrobial materials incorporate a silver-based antimicrobial additive into a silicone elastomer base to inhibit microbial growth. They are available in ready-to-use and customized formulations, can be used at low additive loadings, offer a broad spectrum of activity, and provide design flexibility. Silver has been shown to have anti­microbial activity against a broad spectrum of both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, as well as mold and fungi. Ionic silver carries a strong positive charge, which gives it a high affinity for negatively charged groups of biological molecules. Thus, silver is effective because it alters the molecular structure of biological molecules, leaving them worthless to the cell by turning off cell wall synthesis, membrane transport, nucleic acid synthesis and translation, and protein folding and function.