MEDLINE

Description of Event or Problem

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE WOODEN APPLICATORS OR BREAKING AND SPLINTERING IN WOUNDS LEAVING POTENTIAL WOODEN PIECES IN PATIENT WOUND.

Additional Manufacturer Narrative

IT WAS REPORTED THAT THE WOODEN APPLICATORS OR BREAKING AND SPLINTERING IN WOUNDS LEAVING POTENTIAL WOODEN PIECES IN PATIENT WOUND. THERE WERE NO REPORTS OF DEATH, SERIOUS INJURY, MEDICAL INTERVENTION, OR FOLLOW UP CARE. IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE REPORTED EVENT COULD CAUSE OR CONTRIBUTE TO SERIOUS INJURY IF IT WERE TO OCCUR AGAIN. IN AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION, THIS IS A REPORTABLE EVENT. IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE THIS REPORT WILL BE REOPENED AND REEVALUATED.