Cleaning wounds with saline or tap water

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 24-26

  Trevillion, Nicola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; INJURY; LAVAGE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; REVIEW; WOUND INFECTION;

HUMANS; IRRIGATION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 45449111619     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en.16.2.24.s16     Document Type: Article

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