Steam vaporizer burn injuries.
Steam vaporizers increase indoor relative humidity by releasing steam into the air. The temperature of the steam is sufficiently high to cause severe burns. We report two cases of children who received partial thickness burns from steam vaporizers. Because of the high risk of burn injury, the manufacturers should be required to label the surface of the boiling chamber of the vaporizer with a warning statement.
Aggarwal
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DeCamp Burn Center, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
Edlich
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Himel
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D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003257:Consumer Product Safety; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D009330:Nebulizers and Vaporizers