In most family medicine cabinets, there is at least one type of wound antiseptic solution to disinfect when you accidentally cut your hand, scratch your skin due to falling, collision, etc. However, not everyone knows how to use wound antiseptic solution correctly. Choosing and using the wrong antiseptic solution can bring about unwanted side effects.

Open wounds are a favorable environment for bacteria to invade and grow rapidly, causing infection. Using hydrogen peroxide to clean wounds is a method used by many people. So what is medical hydrogen peroxide and should we use hydrogen peroxide to disinfect wounds?