{"id":1495,"date":"2014-12-16T23:57:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T22:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/?p=1495"},"modified":"2014-12-16T23:57:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T22:57:01","slug":"preventing-clothing-related-burns-in-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/injury-prevention\/2014\/12\/16\/preventing-clothing-related-burns-in-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventing clothing-related burns in children"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burn injuries are dreadful for any person\u00a0of any age, but arguably they are most horrific for our most vulnerable:\u00a0children. In Australia as in many other countries, we have mandatory standards <\/a>which regulate the design and labelling of children’s nightwear. Having grown up in a rural area where we heated our house (our melted marshmallows and burnt our toast) via an open fireplace, I am well aware how quickly clothing can catch fire. Therefore preventing these injuries is of vital importance. To prevent, we must understand, therefore I was pleased to see an interesting article by Harvey, Connolley and Harvey <\/a>(see http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25435488).<\/p>\n

The authors examined the\u00a0clothing-burn-related hospitalisation data for the entire state of New South Wales from 1998-2013 inclusively, and report the following clothing-related burn statistics:<\/p>\n

* 18% of burns were nightwear-related (despite our mandatory legislation)<\/p>\n

*\u00a0exposure to open flame the most common\u00a0mechanism (open fire, cooking)<\/p>\n

* 25% of clothing-related burn hospitalisations occurred amongst children aged 5-14 years<\/p>\n

* nightwear-related burns decreased by approximately 7% per year, compared to other clothing (reduction of approximately 2% per year)<\/p>\n

* accelerant use was reported in 27% of cases<\/p>\n

Whilst difficulties with coding data in official records were identified, which leads to underestimation of the clothing-related burns burden for all persons, including children, the authors note the reduction in burns as a result of the mandatory legislation introduced in 1987. Further legislative efforts targeting all clothing, and education of parents and extended family members regarding clothing-related burns risk for children is also recommended, and these findings can help us all in our injury prevention efforts as we keep safe over the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Burn injuries are dreadful for any person\u00a0of any age, but arguably they are most horrific for our most vulnerable:\u00a0children. In Australia as in many other countries, we have mandatory standards which regulate the design and labelling of children’s nightwear. Having grown up in a rural area where we heated our house (our melted marshmallows and […]<\/p>\n

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