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Scald prevention Legislation May 2009 |
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Following a lengthy campaign headed by the member of Parliament for Wakefield, Mary Creagh there has been a successful alteration to English legislation requiring the incorporation of thermistor mixing valves (TMVs) in all new and renovated properties as part of the revised building regulations. The success of this campaign was based on contributions from many experts and included the use of statistics derived from the International Burn Injury Database (iBID). This once again demonstrated the value and power of comprehensive national statistics collected over a significant period of time when used to inform political debate. |
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This site will hopefully be of interest to you if you are looking for information about burn injury. In the different sections there is information about the common causations, susceptible age and social groups and healthcare consequences of this type of injury. Elsewhere on the site there is information about how burn care services are assessed and some information about the work being done to stimulate the process of continual self-assessment and quality of care improvement. There will soon be articles on the matter of injury registry creation and running. Accumulated experience over 15 years for those interested in this area of work or misguided/optimistic enough to want to start! Most areas of the websites are open to the public, however many of the specific reports and functions, including downloadable software, are only available to registered users of the site. Registration will only be available to those that have a demonstrable role in health care provision or organisation or those involved in injury prevention. Should you have comments, suggestions or criticisms to offer please use the Contact Us menu item to let us hear your views. |
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