/channels/news_feeds/all/term/wound/rss en /channels/news/saline-water-better-soap-and-water-cleaning-wo-257318 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre has found that soap and water is actually less effective than just using saline water.</p> <p>The findings, which were published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine, </em>could lead to significant cost savings, particularly in developing countries where open fractures are particularly common.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/thinkstockphotos-469005163.jpg?itok=Qx2A-tVU" width="160" height="100" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">15 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:34 +0000 webfull 114611 at /channels