To flush an area of the body with a stream of liquid for the purpose of cleansing or medicating the area. Wound irrigation may be accomplished with clean, warm water, or with a disinfectant such as hydrogen peroxide. To prevent infection, skin wounds should not be touched with the hands, particularly if the wounds are bleeding. Irrigating a wound allows the open skin surface to be cleaned or medicated without coming into physical contact with the possible contaminants carried on another person’s hands.<\/p>\n
Cleaning a soiled or infected wound by repeatedly rinsing it with a medicinal solution or sterile saline.<\/p>\n
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To flush an area of the body with a stream of liquid for the purpose of cleansing or medicating the area. Wound irrigation may be accomplished with clean, warm water, or with a disinfectant such as hydrogen peroxide. To prevent infection, skin wounds should not be touched with the hands, particularly if the wounds are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-129015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-w"],"yoast_head":"\n