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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 677
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 6YOM FELL ONTO TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 |
| 11YOM HAD SPLINTER IN HAND 3 WKS AGO, DAD TOOK OUT WITH A TOOTHPICK, HA S REDNESS, PUS AT SITE; FB REMOVED FROM HAND IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND;DX FOREIGN BODY HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 06/15/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FOREIGN BODY TO HAND; IE TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| 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 HAD A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND AND CAME TO ED FOR REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Tables |
| PATIENT WAS AT SCHOOL, TRIPPED & FELL ONTO A TABLE THAT HAD TOOTHPICKS THAT WEDGED INTO HIS LT HAND. DX - FOREIGN BODY IN HAND, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| CHILD POKING CANDIES WITH TOOTHPICK WHEN STABBED HAND. D: PUNCTURE WOUN D, CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| CHILD FELL AND A TOOTHPICK PUNCTURED HAND, HAS BLEEDING. DX: FB REMOVAL . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STRUCK ON HAND WHILE HOLDING AN ART PROJECT, TOOTHPICK PENETRATION DX : PUNCTURE WOUND,FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| TOOTHPICK GOT EMBEDDED IN PT'S HAND FB HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| PT WITH BLISTER TO HAND AFTER BEING STUCK WITH TOOTHPICK. D:HAND CELLUL ITIS WITH RETAINED FOREIGN BODY. TRANSFER TO TMC. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/08/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO HAND FROM TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND: GOT TOOTHPICK STUCK IN HAND AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys |
| PT WAS HIT W/WOODEN TOOTHPICK FROM SLINGSHOT. DX: R HAND FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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