The Washington state Department of Labor & Industries, in partnership with Harborview Medical Center, announced a new center of excellence for treating industrial burn injuries.
“The new agreement expands workers’ access to a range of specialists who will collaborate throughout the worker’s recovery,” L&I said in a statement.
The department said nationwide data shows roughly half of adult burn patients do not return to work within two years of being injured, while 28% never return to work. But a recent study in the Journal of Burn Care & Research found 93%...
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