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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 37
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FB LT HAND.PT HAD A TOOTHPICK EMBED IN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Outerwear |
| PATIENT WAS PUNCTURED IN RIGHT HAND WHEN TOOTHPICK CAME THROUGH JACKET POCKET. DX-RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT PLAYING WHEN FOUND A TOOTHPICKED, ACCIDENTALLY STABBED INTO HAN D, PUNCTURE WITH FB IN HAND; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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