Comparison of normal saline with tap water for wound irrigation

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 379-381

  Moscati, Ronald ^a,b   Mayrose, James ^a   Fincher, Lisa ^a   Jehle, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ERIE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Irrigation; Normal saline; Tap water; Wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; TAP WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION;

EID: 0031877089     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-6757(98)90133-4     Document Type: Article

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