Wound irrigation: a simple, reproducible device.
It is well established that copious saline irrigation is essential to good wound toilet with low rates of contamination. We present a simple and inexpensive method of wound irrigation that is ideal for use in both casualty and theatre situations.
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Odstock Centre for Burns, Plastic and Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, UK.
Rastomjee
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Dynan
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D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013594:Syringes; D007507:Therapeutic Irrigation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*
D012965:Sodium Chloride