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Chemical burns due to blood pressure cuff sterilized with ethylene oxide
1Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Division of Hand Surgery, Medical Faculty of Uludag University, Bursa, Turkey.
Burns : Journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
|October 12, 2000
Abstract:
This paper reports two unusual instances of ethylene oxide burns that were caused by the blood pressure cuff sterilized with ethylene oxide. It is suggested that the mechanical compression caused by the blood pressure cuff facilitated penetration of ethylene oxide residues into tissues and contributed to the degree of tissue damage.