Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline

Luo Gaoxing; Zhan Rixing; Yuan Zhiqiang; Song Huapei; Xiang Fei; Ma Siyuan; Li Haisheng; Qian Wei; Tan Jianglin; Peng Yizhi

doi:10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20250108-00015

Volume 41 Issue 3

Mar. 2025

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Luo GX,Zhan RX,Yuan ZQ,et al.Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline[J].Chin J Burns Wounds,2025,41(3):201-205.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20250108-00015.

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Luo GX,Zhan RX,Yuan ZQ,et al.Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline[J].Chin J Burns Wounds,2025,41(3):201-205.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20250108-00015.

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Luo GX,Zhan RX,Yuan ZQ,et al.Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline[J].Chin J Burns Wounds,2025,41(3):201-205.DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20250108-00015.

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Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline

doi: 10.3760/cma.j.cn501225-20250108-00015

Institute of Burn Research, State Key Laboratory of Trauma and Chemical Poisoning, the First Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (the Third Military Medical University), Chongqing Key Laboratory for Wound Repair and Tissue Regeneration, Chongqing 400038, China

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National Key Research and Development Plan of China 2021YFA1101100

Chongqing Natural Science Foundation Innovation Group Project cstc2019jcyj-cxttX0001

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Corresponding author: Luo Gaoxing, Email: logxw@tmmu.edu.cn
Received Date: 2025-01-08

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Wound cleansing is an essential step in skin wound management. It can prevent local infection and optimize healing micro-environment by removing necrotic tissue and foreign matter, reducing microbial load, breaking bacterial biofilm formation and so on. Many randomized controlled trials and meta-analysis abroad have concluded that there is no significant difference in the incidence of wound infection and healing rate between the wounds irrigated with tap water and with sterile normal saline for skin wound cleansing. Considering the current requirements of medical fee policies in China, we recommend the use of tap water instead of saline or other wound cleansing solutions for cleansing skin wounds.
- Wound healing,
- Wound infection,
- Wound cleansing,
- Tap water,
- Normal saline

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