TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Sink bathing burns: a unique opportunity for an injury prevention initiative
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Borg, Breanna A.
A1  - Durgham, Michael
A1  - Shanti, Christina M.
A1  - Klein, Justin D.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.burns.2020.05.016
ID  - ref1
ER  -