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http://hdl.handle.net/1893/3118| Appears in Collections: | Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport Journal Articles |
| Peer Review Status: | Refereed |
| Title: | Convective burn from use of hairdryer for heel warming prior to the heel prick test - a case report |
| Author(s): | Ray, Robbie Godwin, Yvette Shepherd, Ashley |
| Contact Email: | ashley.shepherd@stir.ac.uk |
| Keywords: | heel puncture infants heel warming Pediatric nursing Nursing Care |
| Issue Date: | May-2011 |
| Date Deposited: | 28-Jun-2011 |
| Citation: | Ray R, Godwin Y & Shepherd A (2011) Convective burn from use of hairdryer for heel warming prior to the heel prick test - a case report. BMC Pediatrics, 11. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/11/30; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2431-11-30 |
| Abstract: | Background Blood sampling through heel lancing is the most common invasive painful procedure performed on newborn infants. Case Presentation We report the case of a five day old infant who sustained burns to the left foot and leg after the mother's hairdryer was used by the midwife to warm the baby's heel prior to capillary blood sampling (CBS) with an automated device. Conclusion Heel warming is not recommended for routine CBS although it is often practiced. If pre-warming is to be practiced, standardised devices should be used rather than improvised techniques. This will reduce the risk of injury to these infants. |
| URL: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2431/11/30 |
| DOI Link: | 10.1186/1471-2431-11-30 |
| Rights: | © 2011 Ray et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.; Consent: Written consent was obtained from the infants parents for publication of this case report and the accompanying images. |
| Licence URL(s): | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ |
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