HAMILTON, Ontario, Dec. 17 (UPI) --Soap and water is the standard method of washing wounds before surgery the same as it is at home, however researchers found in a new study that cleaning wounds with ...

Is high-pressure irrigation of potentially contaminated open fractures superior to low-pressure irrigation? Is irrigation with a soap solution superior to irrigation with saline? To answer these ...

Very low water pressure was an acceptable, low-cost alternative for washing out open fractures, and that the reoperation rate was higher in the group that used soap, researchers conclude at the end of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers, health-care providers, and health-care facilities to not use certain brands of saline and sterile water medical ...