Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization 100 Count (Rx)

Professional-Grade Chemical Cautery Sticks for Minor Bleeding, Granulation Tissue, and Wart Removal

Fast, Reliable Chemical Cautery for Minor Bleeding and Skin Procedures

Silver Nitrate Sticks are the #1 choice for chemical cauterization in medical and clinical settings, trusted by physicians, dermatologists, nurses, and wound care specialists. Each stick delivers precise topical application of silver nitrate with guaranteed potency for the effective treatment of minor bleeding (epistaxis/nosebleeds), hypergranulation tissue, warts, and minor skin lesions. For fast, controlled results—choose the industry’s most reliable chemical cautery solution!

Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization work by burning and sealing the tissue. It is a quick, effective way to stop bleeding and is often used in first aid. Silver nitrate sticks are also used in the medical field to cauterize wounds. The sticks are heated until they are red hot and then applied to the wound. The heat from the stick seals the blood vessels and stops the bleeding. Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization used to remove unwanted skin tags, warts, aphthous ulcers, or over-production of granulation tissue by chemically cauterize the skin by providing hemostasis or permanently destroying unwanted tissue. Silver nitrate sticks contain 75% silver nitrate and 25% potassium nitrate that allows the chemically cauterization process to occur. 100 disposable sticks per vial tube.

Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization

The silver and potassium nitrates in caustic pencils is in a dried, solid form at the tip of a wooden or plastic stick. When the material is applied to a wound or lesion, the tissue moisture or blood dissolves the dried nitrate salts, which then chemically burn the tissue. It requires moisture for activation.

Silver nitrate sticks are often used for minor hemostasis where patients are not under general anesthesia, and where electrocautery would be painful and inconvenient. One common use of silver nitrate sticks is in Emergency Medicine, to control epistaxis (nosebleed). The stick is rolled on the affected mucous membrane or visible blood vessel in the nares (nostril) where the chemical cauterization stops the minor bleeding.

If the bleeding is too copious, the chemical cautery may not be effective, as the flowing blood can wash away the chemical before it can react with the tissue. It can also be accidentally spread to undesirable locations where it can cause skin staining and tissue burns. This is especially important, as it is often used in the nose where accidental aerosolization can occur, splattering the clinician or other parts of the patient and causing unintentional burns. Accidental application to unintended tissue is treated with copious water irrigation. 

Order Dukal Silver Nitrate Sticks for Cauterization, 100 Count — The Gold Standard in Chemical Hemostasis & Tissue Ablation

Trusted by clinicians nationwide for nosebleed control, hypergranulation ablation, minor wound care, and wart removal—get dependable performance every time.

NDC: 65875-0101-09 UPC: 716894307742 Product Number: 7482 For professional use only.