Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
A multicenter comparison of tap water versus sterile saline for wound irrigation.
To compare wound infection rates for irrigation with tap water versus sterile saline before closure of wounds in the emergency department. ⋯ Equivalent rates of wound infection were found using either irrigant. The results of this multicenter trial evaluating tap water as an irrigant agree with those from previous single institution trials.