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So Stemlyn, have you ruled out the possibility of using 'tap water' when you say you would use any sterile liquid??
However if anyone is interested in some studies, listed a few refs... there are a lot more but none in the Indian context...

1.Tap water for irrigation of lacerations.
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, Volume 20, Issue 5, Pages 469-472
B. Bansal et al

2. New concepts in wound management.
Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Volume 5, Issue 4, Pages 239-245
R. Schremmer et al

3. A multicenter comparison of tap water vs sterile saline for wound infection, AEM
Moscati RM et al