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15967581

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-10-3
pubmed:abstractText
In recent years, the need for a national burn center based on ABA guidelines has emerged in Israel. The formation of such a center is now underway in the Chaim Sheba Medical Center. As a first step in the standardization of burn care in Israel, we have conducted a nation-wide survey among burn care personnel (physicians, nurses and other burn team members), regarding different aspects of the treatment of burn patients. METHODS: A questionnaire comprised of 30 questions regarding the severity of burns admitted, the site of initial management, wound care (both burn/skin-graft sites and donor sites), dressing changes protocols, sterility precautions, hydrotherapy, and pressure dressings was presented to 70 health-care professionals involved in the treatment of burns. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: Seventy-seven percent of interviewed personnel participated in the survey. Consensus was found regarding most local (topical) wound care, (SSD for clean non-facial burns, Sulfamylon (mafenide-acetate) for contaminated non-facial burns, Threolone (chloramphenicol 3% and prednisolone 0.5%) or Bacitracin for facial burns, Paraffin gauzes with or without Sulfamylon for donor and graft sites). Dressing changes regimes were also agreed upon generally. However, there was no consensus regarding the ideal time for the removal of donor site dressings and this issue will need to be resolved. Other important findings are that both Edinborough University Solution of Lime (EUSOL), which has been deemed unsuitable for burn treatment due to toxic effects, and hydrotherapy, which has been proposed as a source of infection and contamination, are still widely used. We anticipate that these issues will be settled in our unified national burn care protocols (which are currently under development and revision).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0305-4179
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
845-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Burn care standards in Israel: lack of consensus.
pubmed:affiliation
The Israeli National Burn Center, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Ramat gan 52600, Israel. josef.haik@sheba.health.gov.il
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Multicenter Study