https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/f/nonclinical-discussions/29308/metronidazole-to-flush-contaminated-wounds Hi, does anyone have any links to papers etc I can show one of my vets? Whenever we have a dirty wound - bites, abcesses etc - they flush and clean it out as usual and then use the IV metronidazole solution to flush/flood it.....and then close or partiallyen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/164013?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 01 Mar 2016 13:16:33 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:29da708f-88c7-42f8-9cfd-e8a78d683c89Waterfalls<p>No papers im afraid. But if you have facebook, then you can join a close group from the vet wound library. &nbsp;Georgie hollis. The founder. Recommends large volume of lavage with hartmanns, then if it is a dirty wound, then use 1:100 dilutuon of hibitane for wound (not to be used on healing wounds, as it can damage the fibroblasts) no mention antibiotics for wound prep on that site which has the most upto date info on wounds</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetnurse.co.uk/thread/163996?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:15:46 GMT1a0763ec-3885-442c-853e-6cef656dfec5:17481232-a642-4a76-9f44-b9ae940f4534Sal the 1st<p>I can remember doing this a very long time ago - we are talking 10 - 15 yrs but we always backed it up with oral metro and we never fully closed the wound</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>