Glove Dressing for Initial Management of Hand Burns

Abstract

Initial hand dressings for burned hands should be compatible with preservation of skin substitutes and grafts, splinting, and active motion. We have developed a standardized glove dressing directed at these requirements. Early experience with this glove dressing has included feasible clinical application, 7-to 10-minute application time, and 90% preservation of total active range of motion in a normal hand placed in the dressing under test conditions.