TY - JOUR
AU - Kulahci, Yalcin
AB - LETTER TO THE EDITOR To the Editor: A toner cartridge is the consumable component of a printer. Toner cartridges contain toner powder, a fine, dry mixture of plastic particles, carbon, and black or other coloring agents that make the actual image on the paper. In its early form, it was simply carbon powder. Later, to improve the quality of the printout, the carbon was melt-mixed with a poly- mer. The specific polymer used varies by manufac- turer, but it can be a styrene acrylate copolymer, a Figure 1. The necrotic areas on the foot. polyester resin, a styrene butadiene copolymer, or a few other special polymers. Toner formulations vary from manufacturer to manufacturer and even from Prevention of such injuries is most important, machine to machine. and to prevent and minimize toner powder inju- A 22-year-old man who is a soldier came to us. ries, people must be made aware of this danger. To While trying to destroy some old toner powder from draw attention to a possible injury, warnings indi- the 1960s, he accidentally poured some on to the cating injury mechanism should be printed on the drape of his boot. Some time later while studying, he printer 
TI - An Unusual Burn Caused By Toner Powder
JF - Journal of Burn Care & Research
DO - 10.1097/BCR.0b013e3182642a12
DA - 2013-03-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/an-unusual-burn-caused-by-toner-powder-0sX0VHUNhf
SP - e118
EP - e118
VL - 34
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -