What do we all use to clean wounds with...

[scattynuttymare]

Just being nosey really as my girlie has been in the wars and there's several opinions on my yard of what you should use to clean a wound.

I use diluted hibi-scrub or warm salt water.

What's everyone else use?

 

[JM07]

warm salty water....

cheap, and does the job

 

[Persephone]

Water and dilute hibiscrub!

I also keep some Savlon Woundwash in for little grazes.

 

[Bosworth]

warm water and hibiscrub.

 

[kellyeaton]

sterile water and tea tree mist!

 

[Pixxie]

warm water and dilute hibscrub, bit of savlon on when its all clean and dry

x

 

[sallyellis]

diluted hibiscrub with warm water...

 

[Cliqmo]

Hibiscrub or epson salts (both in water) depending on the nature of the injury. Then sudocrem or alamycin spray, again depending on the nature of the injury

 

[Hippona]

Salt water

 

[Vizslak]

dilute hibiscrub.

 

[charlie55]

Hibi-scrub with warm water x

 

[Fransurrey]

Saline (salt water, but I get it filtered in the lab, so it's ultra sterile and stores!) and later savlon wash. I have it at home, but just take it up with me on the next visit.

 

[niagaraduval]

Hibiscrub!

 

[quirky]

Just water.

 

[LankyDoodle]

Saline solution and then bung some intrasite on the wound.

 

[brightmount]

Very dilute pevidine, then aloe vera gel on the wound.

 

[Nosey]

Same as most of the others really - salt water or diluted hibi scrub then intrasite gel as it stays on round the wound so well.

 

[Lobelia_Overhill]

warm salty water

 

[jenmac_85]

Water and salt if it is just a superficial wound. Tend to use Hibiscrub and savlon for deeper.

 

[algy666]

Warm salted water

 

[foxy1110]

frangrance free baby wipes are also great for small wounds

 

[Zippydoodles]

Dilute hibiscrub then either savlon, vaseline or sudacream to cover the wound. Sometimes blue spray on scrapes and grazes, particularly if lower on legs where cream likely to be washed off.

 

[Tnavas]

Saline - I make up several bottles at a time using old drink bottles, sterilised with Milton and then add salt and cooled boiled water. They are then ready and because they have the sipper tops are easy to gently squirt water into the wound.

Then I use 'Active Manuka Honey' on the wound or salt.

Epsom salts stings like hell when you get it into open wounds and Hibiscrub is for sterilising surgeons hands and not for use on open skin.

http://hibihealth.com/res/hibiscrub-data-sheet.pdf

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/lifestyle/healthfitness/health_advice/netdoctor/archive/100001240.html

 

[LankyDoodle]

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Same as most of the others really - salt water or diluted hibi scrub then intrasite gel as it stays on round the wound so well.

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Yes and rather than sealing in infection (like sudocrem and the like to), it actually keeps a wound clean after it's been cleaned by you, and prevents anything getting in. Things like sudocrem can trap in foreign bodies and do not stop anything getting in. My old YO slapped sudocrem all over my big boy's 2" by 2" quite deep kick wound (on his head) and it ended up infected in a very short space of time (I was on assisted livery at the time). The vet had to sedate him to sort it out, put the intrasite on and it cleared up really quickly.

I would only ever use sudocrem on grazes and scabs, now (such as my boy's sweet itch scabs for eg).

 

[CBAnglo]

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Hibiscrub is for sterilising surgeons hands and not for use on open skin.



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I agree - I never use hibiscrub on an open wound. I use diluted iodine, then I would put vet wound powder on to dry the wound and keep it sterile.

I would never used sudocrem either - not sure what it is with YOs and their love od sudocrem.

 

[MagicMelon]

Warm water and salty water to clean, then what I use depends on the wound. If just a scrape then sudocreme. If its a deep wound which I worry might scar or take ages to heal then I use Cut-Heal which is brilliant stuff - It does make the hair round the wound come out however but it keeps down nasty scarring. If just a really superficial nick then just some antiseptic spray or powder.

 

[ru-fi-do]

Another for warm water and Hibiscrub.

 

[JoBo]

Just boiled water cooled to warm and then wound powder.

 

[Tnavas]

Wound powder traps serum and other dirt and also causes proud flesh.

 

[the watcher]

Just water to wash out a wound, then an antiseptic spray or silver spray to follow