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Recipes for Wound Care Preparations

Components* Comments 5.25%) Household bleach (sodium hypochlorite Dispose of any unused solution within 24 hours  ½ strength: 25mL (1T+2 tsp)  Use only unscented, regular strength bleach (Clorox®)  Dakin’s solution is a commercially available wound cleansing  ¼ strength: 12.5mL (2 ½ tsp)  product with published stability information; however, the Baking soda: ½ tsp 32 oz boiled tap water, cooled stability and sterility of compounded hypochlo

Wound Prep Diluted hypochlorite solution (Dakin’s®) 3 ¼ strength (0.125%) ½ strength (0.25%) Acetic acid irrigation solution 3,4 0.25% Morphine in hydrogel 5 Morphine topical solution 7 Metronidazole topical solution 8 policy for clean vs sterile preparation. 3