Evidence based standards for burns

A paper recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia outlines the treatment variations of burns in Australia and New Zealand.  The data has been gathered over the past four years from the Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand, which has identified "considerable variation in practice" and "significant variations in outcomes that are not explained by simple difference is casemix alone".  

As a result of these fiindings, the Australian and New Zealand Burn Association has launched the Burns Quality Improvement Program (BQIP), which aims to develop evidence-based standards of care.

Cleland H, Greenwood JE, Wood FM, Read DJ, She RW, Maitz P, et al. The Burns Registry of Australia and New Zealand: progressing the evidence base for burn care.  Medical Journal of Australia. 2016;204(5):195.  http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja15.00989