Hoping someone can help with advice on how to look after cuts with stitches. We’re on holiday in France & my son fell off his bike yesterday afternoon, resulting in a nasty deep cut to his knee. Luckily the villa manager got us an appointment at the local medical centre and he had 2 stitches. The dr sent us away with a prescription, told to clean it, not to get it wet & no exercise. Gutted as he loves the pool and were looking forward to doing some kayaking. Picked up the prescription today & we’ve got gauze pads, some vials of sterile water & also bought some micropore tape. Really not sure how I’m meant to be cleaning it & wishing I’d asked more questions. Can anyone advise? His knee is stitched, then got some steri strips and gauze taped over the top. Am I meant to take everything off before I clean it, or do I leave the steri strips on? Am I meant to be cleaning around the cut or squirting the sterile water directly on the cut? Never had stitches before so not quite sure what I’m doing!