Summary
In 20 healthy volunteers with small blister wounds on each forearm, a stabilized hypochlorous acid solution speeded early skin regrowth and lowered bacterial counts compared with saline.
Key points
- Each of 20 volunteers had one blister wound per forearm, randomly treated with the solution or saline on days 0, 2 and 4.
- Re-epithelialization on day 4 was 14% higher with the solution; by day 10 the two were equivalent.
- Median bacterial counts were lower with the solution and stayed lower than with saline.
- Healthy volunteers with small experimental wounds, so it does not show the effect on chronic or infected wounds.