Water rinsing chemical skin splashes

Following extensive literature searches, the evidence for the efficacy or limits thereof of water rinsing of chemical skin splashes was reviewed [115,200-202]. Various types of information were retrieved (1) occupational chemical skin injury information collected by or assembled from govermnental or regional sources, (2) bum center/unit data, (3) in vitro and experimental animal data, and (4) case reports, small case series, and epidemiological studies. Notable was the relative paucity of data regarding the efficacy of water rinsing of chemical splashes. 

Information on occupational chemical skin injuries is more fully described in Chap.2. The data reviewed here are those which involved some outcome data following water rinsing of chemical skin splashes. 

Water rinsing of chemical splashes removes the main amount of the chemical agent at the surface of the skin. It can, in some circumstances ... 

B. A chemical splash on the eye or skin should be rinsed for 15 minutes in cold water. 

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