A retrospective study to assess the effectiveness of bath in burns healing by reducing the Length of Stay in hospital at Apollo Speciality Hospital, Vanagaram

Background: Ours is a dedicated burns unit at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram. This study deals with two mass casualties at Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) and Pharmaceutical company (Pondicherry). This came to initiate the quick recovery of the patient of the hospital stay. Methods: Retrospective cohort study research design was taken for this study. The study was conducted at Apollo Speciality Hospitals, Vanagaram for a duration of 3 months, 60 samples using simple random sampling who met the inclusion criteria were selected as study samples. Data collection tool such as Socio- Demographic Data (Age in years, Sex, Average Length Of Stay, Scar sites) and clinical variables proforma of cleansing modality, cleansing solution, additives, frequency were used. Result: Percentage of total body surface area will reflect in Average Length Of Stay. 33 responders were given the bathroom bath was discharged with 11-20 days of hospital stay. 4 responders of bathroom bath were discharged with 21-30 days of hospital stay. In this study the estimation of hospital Length Of Stay was calculated as 1 day per percent total body surface area burn (1 day/%TBSA) by improving the wound healing by giving bathroom bath. Conclusion: Wound cleansing and dressing is the basic procedure where the wound healing begins.