@article{ref1,
title="Sink bathing burns: a unique opportunity for an injury prevention initiative",
journal="Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries",
year="2020",
author="Borg, Breanna A. and Durgham, Michael and Shanti, Christina M. and Klein, Justin D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Sink-bathing is common practice among parents. However, this puts infants and young children at unrecognized risk for burn injuries. As the only verified pediatric burn center in a large urban area, we treat burn patients from a large variation in socioeconomic status. This provides us a unique opportunity to examine sink-burn injury patterns, circumstances surrounding these burns, identify areas with high incidence and put in place an injury prevention outreach initiative. This retrospective study included patients treated for sink-bathing burns at our burn center in an 8.5-year period. Analysis of 71 patients revealed infants under one year of age are most commonly afflicted. Additionally, that families of low-socioeconomic means are disproportionately affected. Understanding the different circumstances surrounding sink-bathing burns allows us to be more specific in our community education efforts and efficiently guide our resources.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0305-4179",
doi="10.1016/j.burns.2020.05.016",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.05.016"
}