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Sterile normal saline for wound care is now a pharmacy and prescription item in California — it is no longer stocked by retail medical supply stores. Wishing Well Medical no longer carries 0.9% normal saline solution, but we carry the wound care dressings, gauze, and cleansers used alongside it. Here’s what changed and where to get saline now.
Normal saline is a sterile solution of 0.9% sodium chloride in water — the same salt concentration found in the body. It is used to clean wounds, moisten dressings, and irrigate during debridement without damaging healthy tissue. Because it matches the body’s own fluid, it rinses wounds without stinging or harming new tissue, which is why healthcare providers have long recommended it for routine wound care.
Sterile 0.9% normal saline is regulated as a drug, not a general retail product. Sterile saline for irrigation and IV use is produced under pharmaceutical manufacturing standards and dispensed through pharmacies — and the supply has been further constrained by well-documented national shortages of sterile saline and IV fluids in recent years. The practical result for Los Angeles shoppers: retail medical supply stores like Wishing Well Medical no longer stock irrigation-grade normal saline.
To get sterile normal saline for wound care, ask your pharmacy or your prescribing provider. A doctor, wound care clinic, or home health nurse can write or fill the order, and many pharmacies can supply it directly.
Wishing Well Medical stocks a full range of wound care supplies that work alongside saline — the dressings, gauze, tapes, and cleansers you reach for in the same routine. Our West Los Angeles showroom lets you see and compare products before you buy, with staff who can walk you through what each one does.
In stock for wound care:
– Wound dressings — hydrocolloid and thin dressings such as DuoDERM Extra Thin
– Gauze and packing — ABD thick gauze pads, sterile and non-sterile gauze sponges
– Medical tapes — HY-Tape and other skin-friendly fixation tapes
– Wound cleansers and related supplies — for cleaning and dressing changes
Visit our showroom at 12420 Santa Monica Blvd. or call (310) 829-1777, and our staff will help you put together what you need.
