effect of early change of skin graft dressing on the burn wound healing

Background burn injuries are one of the medical problems in developing countries. despite the progress inburn wound treatment, the leading cause of death in patients with burns is hospital-acquired infection.objective the aim of this study was to determine the effect of early change of skin graft dressing on the burnwound healing.methods this randomized clinical trial was conducted on 64 burn patients admitted to the burn ward ofshahid rajaei hospital in 2017. in the test group (mean±sd of age=36.8±13.8 years), the skin graft and donordressing were changed one day after; and in the control group (mean±sd of age=40.4±14.3 years), three daysafter the surgery. data were analyzed by paired t-test, independent t-test and anova.findings the percentage of burn in the intervention group was 12.1%, and in the control group 14.5%. chisquaretest results showed that the culture results was different in the control and test groups; 7.8% of thecultures taken from the skin graft and donor sites were positive in the control group, while none of them werereported positive in the test group.conclusion early change of the skin graft and donor dressing reduces infection in patients with burn injuries.