Pressurised irrigation versus swabbing method in cleansing wounds healed by secondary intention: A randomised controlled trial with cost-effectiveness analysis

• Published in: International journal of nursing studies Vol. 52; no. 1; pp. 88 - 101
• Main Authors: Mak, Suzanne So-Shan, Lee, Man-Ying, Cheung, Jeanny Sui-Sum, Choi, Kai-Chow, Chung, Tak-Ki, Wong, Tze-Wing, Lam, Kit-Yee, Lee, Diana Tze-fan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Cleansing techniques; Clinical trials; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Effectiveness; Female; Healing time; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nursing; Pressurised irrigation; Probability; Randomised controlled trial; Swabbing; Therapeutic Irrigation; Wound cleansing; Wound Healing; Wound irrigation; Hong Kong; China; Wound cleansing; Pressurised irrigation; Cleansing techniques; Swabbing; Randomised controlled trial; Healing time; Wound irrigation

Wound cleansing should create an optimal healing environment by removing excess debris, exudates, foreign and necrotic material which are commonly present in the wounds that heal by secondary intention. At present, there is no research evidence for whether pressurised irrigation has better wound hea...