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Abrasion
[OCOSH Code: D012867 399963005 T14.0 WI_NPW_A]

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A dressing for road rash

Location: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2502807/pdf/annrcse01606-0084a.pdf

Sodium alginate dressings (Kaltostat; BritCair) have been used to dress donor sites after harvesting of split thickness skin grafts. We have used them for the treatment of abrasions after surgical toilet. It is our practice to moisten alginate sheets with a solution of bupivacaine with adrenaline (20 ml 0.5% with...

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