• Salih Tuncal, Saygın Altıner, Ender Ergüder, Çağrı Büyükkasap, Rifat Kuşabbi, and Yılmaz Ünal.
• Department of General Surgery, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara-Türkiye.
• Ulus Travma Acil Cerrahi Derg. 2023 Jul 1; 29 (7): 758763758-763.

BackgroundSecondary infections are the leading cause of death in burn patients. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of open and closed burn dressings on the development of secondary infections.MethodsTissue cultures were obtained from the burn sites of 56 patients between the ages of 18 and 65 who were admitted to our burn unit between December 2022 and January 2023, on days 3 and 7. The impact of the demographic features of the patients, the characteristics of the burn wound, the dressing type, and the first intervention strategies given to the burn wound on the development of wound infection were evaluated.ResultsThere was no statistically significant difference between the open- and closed-dressing groups in terms of cultural positiv-ity (P>0.05). A statistically significant difference (P=0.019) was found between the groups in terms of culture positivity among those whose wounds were cleansed with warm water as the initial intervention after a burn and those whose wounds were not.ConclusionEven though the main impacts of the patient's variables on the development of a wound infection are recognized, it has been found that the appropriate and successful first intervention in a burn wound is also quite important.

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