Abstract Foreign object ingestion is a common reason for visiting an emergency department; however, wire grill-cleaning brush bristles are an uncommon foreign object. This report describes a series of twelve cases identified in a single hospital system from July 2009 through June 2012. Patients included six males and six females; ages ranged from 11 to 75 (mean: 47years). The patients all reported recent outdoor residential food grilling and use of commercially available wire grill-cleaning brushes. The severity of injury ranged from puncture of the soft tissues of the neck, causing severe pain on swallowing, to perforation of the gastrointestinal tract requiring emergent surgery. Before cooking, persons should examine the grill surface carefully for the presence of wire bristles that might have dislodged from the grill brush and could embed in cooked food. Alternative residential grill-cleaning methods or products might be considered.
Highlights ► Wire bristles from grill-cleaning brushes may dislodge and be inadvertently ingested with food. ► Plain radiography and CT without oral contrast are mainstays of diagnostic workup. ► Surgery may be required in cases of gastrointestinal perforation.
Injuries from ingesting wire bristles dislodged from grill-cleaning brushes — Providence, Rhode Island, 2009–2012
Journal of Safety Research ; 43 , 5-6 ; 413-415
2012-10-16
3 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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