À¦°óSMÉçÇø News - wound /channels/news_feeds/all/term/wound/rss en Cleaning wounds: saline water trumps soap and water /channels/news/saline-water-better-soap-and-water-cleaning-wo-257318 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the À¦°óSMÉçÇø Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.</p> <p>The findings, which were published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine, </em>could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-469005163.jpg?itok=Qx2A-tVU" width="160" height="100" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:34 +0000 webfull 114611 at /channels