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Re: PSA: Wound care - Also can do some medical Q&A

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(OP) I will say, that if my choices were alcohol, peroxide, or nothing, the injury was clearly contaminated or significant enough that I thought it needed suturing AND I was VERY confident that the wound didn't breech the body wall, I would reach for the alcohol first, and the peroxide only if I had no other choice. They do both disinfect, but you're delaying healing time by damaging cells and causing additional inflammation. If there was any chance that the injury went into a body cavity, I would wait until I could get somewhere with water to clean it (assuming I were working on an idiot that refused hospital care).