Tap water as a wound cleansing agent in accident and emergency

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-166

  Riyat, M S ^a   Quinton, D N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF LEICESTER NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Accident and Emergency ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Tap water; Traumatic wounds; Wound cleansing

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER;

ARTICLE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CLEANING; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WOUND CARE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; IRRIGATION; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0030959133     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.3.165     Document Type: Article

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