There are only two trials identified in a Cochrane review (Fernandez et al, 2002) that have specifically investigated the benefits of sterile water versus normal saline when used as wound-cleansing ...

Saline solution is a safe option and cleans most cuts. You’ll need something stronger if it’s really dirty. You can buy a wound cleanser at your local pharmacy. It’ll help get the bacteria ...

Saline can be used to help wash out uncomplicated cuts and wounds. Pouring saline on a wound can help clear away foreign material and bacteria, reducing the likelihood of infection. Normal saline ...

“Cleaning with a wound cleanser (especially a spray cleanser) or saline is the most preferred way to clean a wound. Not ocean ...

Williams, C. (1996) Irriclens: a sterile wound cleanser in an aerosol can. British Journal of Nursing 5: 16, 1008-1010. Williams, C. (1999) Wound irrigation techniques: new Steripod normal saline.

HEALING HANDS: Erika Harrison, a nurse with the mobile community outreach team for Buncombe County Emergency Medical Services, holds a bottle of saline-based wound cleanser at the Haywood Street ...