TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1989//
TI  - Cooking-related burn injuries in the elderly preventing the "granny gown" burn
JO  - Journal of burn care and rehabilitation
A1  - Turner, D. G.
A1  - Leman, C. J.
A1  - Jordan, M. H.
SP  - 356
EP  - 359
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0273-8481
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -