Monday, November 12, 2007

Laundry detergent and possible nonaccidental injury.

Eur J Emerg Med. 2007 Jun;14(3):163-4.Click here to read Links

Laundry detergent and possible nonaccidental injury.

Oddstock Burns Unit, Salisbury District Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK. AlanJHowieson@hotmail.com

Nonaccidental injury is always a concern when children present with unusual injuries. The case of a child who presented with a partial thickness burn secondary to prolonged contact with a liquid biological laundry detergent is described. Initially there was some doubt as to whether the agent in question could cause this injury but a small experiment on a volunteer confirmed it was possible.

PMID: 17473612 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=17473612&ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum

Blog Archive