Steam press hand burns: a serious burn injury.
Steam presses cause full-thickness burns when the operator's extremity is caught between the buck and the head of the steam press. Patients with serious steam press burns should be referred to a regional burn center for excision of the full-thickness burn and coverage by either a split-thickness skin graft or a flap. The safety features in steam presses that could prevent this serious injury include: (1) emergency safety releases, (2) peripheral safety bars, and (3) two-hand operator control.
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Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000517:prevention & control*; D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000601:surgery; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007846:Laundering; D011482:Protective Devices; D016038:Skin Transplantation