Cleansing skin wound by irrigation with tap water replacing normal saline

VernacularTitle:建议应用自来水冲洗代替生理盐水清洁皮肤创面
Author: Gaoxing LUO ¹ ; Rixing ZHAN ¹ ; Zhiqiang YUAN ¹ ; Huapei SONG ¹ ; Fei XIANG ¹ ; Siyuan MA ¹ ; Haisheng LI ¹ ; Wei QIAN ¹ ; Jianglin TAN ¹ ; Yizhi PENG ¹
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1. 陆军军医大学（第三军医大学）第一附属医院全军烧伤研究所，创伤与化学中毒国家重点实验室，重庆市创面修复与组织再生重点实验室，重庆　400038
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Wound healing; Wound infection; Wound cleansing; Tap water; Normal saline
From: Chinese Journal of Burns 2025;41(3):201-205
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: 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.