The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #170083 Message #4112610
Posted By: Charmion
07-Jul-21 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: COVID mentality strikes again (hoarding)
Subject: RE: BS: COVID mentality strikes again
Ex-medic (military) here, and veteran of less-than-adequate wound care ...
Don't clean a wound with surgical spirit; you do more harm than good. Likewise stay away from iodine. Steve is right; soap and water is best and safest. If you like, soak the wound in a basin of warm saline, or apply hot compresses made with normal saline.
Then put a dab of antibiotic ointment on a sterile bandage, and apply the bandage to the wound.