/newsroom/taxonomy/term/2396/all en /newsroom/channels/news/cleaning-wounds-saline-water-trumps-soap-and-water-257318 <p>Now, an international team of researchers led by McMaster University in collaboration with the Research Institute of the Ã山ǿ¼é 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> Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:54:23 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25035 at /newsroom