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When a person gets into an accident of some sort and gets an open wound, that dirt, gravel, sand, etc. then goes into, how do hospitals clean the wound and stop infection?
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It's actually the same process they recommend you do at home just more sterile. They will use saline or distilled water to "irrigate" the wound, which is just a fancy term for wash out. If the foreign body is really embedded they may have to physically extract it with some forceps (tweezers) or other instruments, then they irrigate the wound. From there they apply antibiotic ointment or iodine around the wound and close it with bandages, sutures, staples, etc.; Whatever is as minimally invasive and still effective.

Tl;Dr it's the same process you do at home for something minor, just with more technical names and sterile tools.