Cooking-related burn injuries in the elderly preventing the "granny gown" burn.
Cooking-related burn injuries accounted for 27% of the elderly female admissions at one burn center. The primary mode of injury was found to be ignition of clothing while reaching across a stove. To develop a prevention program for this problem, biologic and environmental hazards were identified. From this information, a two-phase prevention program was designed. Phase one, education, entailed the development, publication, and distribution of a pamphlet to a variety of local agencies. Phase two, an environment evaluation, consisted of contacting consumer relation departments of major stove manufacturers suggesting a product safety review. The community response to this program has been favorable. Its design should provide the foundation for preventing increased incidence of cooking-related burn injuries.
Turner
D G
DG
Burn Rehabilitation Department, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C. 20010.
Leman
C J
CJ
Jordan
M H
MH
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002056:Burns / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003020:Clothing; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic