How to prevent burns at home and at work
- Tie back your sari and your hair while cooking.
- In the morning, open the windows for a while before lighting the stove.
- Have your gas stove checked regularly.
- Keep gas cylinders in a separate room.
- Keep electric wires, sockets and switches out of children’s reach.
- Do not touch unknown wires.
- Always wear shoes and gloves when doing electrical work.
- Do not attach or touch metal objects to electric lines.
- Keep hot water, tea, dal and curries out of children’s reach.
- Use a bucket to carry hot water.
- Keep burning candles and mosquito coils at a safe distance.
- Put out burning cigarettes and ash.
- Do not smoke in closed rooms or washrooms.
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MBBS, FCPS (Plastic Surgery), FACS (USA) · Associate Professor (CC), Plastic Surgery, National Institute of Burn & Plastic Surgery, Dhaka
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