TY - JOUR
T1 - Warning Labels and High-Powered Magnet Exposures
AU - Middelberg, Leah K.
AU - Leonard, Julie C.
AU - Shi, Junxin
AU - Aranda, Arturo
AU - Brown, Julie C.
AU - Cochran, Christina L.
AU - Eastep, Kasi
AU - Haasz, Maya
AU - Hoffmann, Jennifer A.
AU - Koral, Alexander
AU - Lamoshi, Abdulraouf
AU - Levitte, Steven
AU - Lo, Yu Hsiang J.
AU - Montminy, Taylor
AU - Myer, Sara
AU - Novotny, Nathan M.
AU - Parrado, Raphael H.
AU - Ruan, Wenly
AU - Stewart, Amanda M.
AU - Talathi, Saurabh
AU - Tavarez, Melissa M.
AU - Townsend, Peter
AU - Zaytsev, Julia
AU - Rudolph, Bryan
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022/9/25
Y1 - 2022/9/25
N2 - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: High-powered magnets are among the most dangerous childhood foreign bodies. Consumer advocates and physicians have called for these products to be effectively banned, but manufacturers assert warning labels would sufficiently mitigate risk. METHODS: Subjects from Injuries, Morbidity, and Parental Attitudes Concerning Tiny High-powered Magnets (IMPACT of Magnets), a retrospective, multicenter study of children with high-powered magnet exposures (ie, ingestion or bodily insertion), were contacted. Consenting participants responded to a standardized questionnaire regarding the presence and utility of warning labels, magnet product manufacturer, and attitudes around risk. RESULTS: Of 596 patients in the IMPACT study, 173 parents and 1 adult patient were reached and consented to participate. The median age was 7.5 years. Subjects reported not knowing if a warning label was present in 60 (53.6%) cases, whereas 25 (22.3%) stated warnings were absent. Warnings were present in 28 (24.1%) cases but only 13 (46.4%) reported reading them. A manufacturer was identified by families in 28 (16.1%) exposures; 25 of these were domestic and 27 had warnings. Subjects reported knowing magnets were dangerous in 58% of the cases, although 44.3% believed they were children's toys and only 6.9% knew high-powered magnets were previously removed from the United States market.
AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: High-powered magnets are among the most dangerous childhood foreign bodies. Consumer advocates and physicians have called for these products to be effectively banned, but manufacturers assert warning labels would sufficiently mitigate risk. METHODS: Subjects from Injuries, Morbidity, and Parental Attitudes Concerning Tiny High-powered Magnets (IMPACT of Magnets), a retrospective, multicenter study of children with high-powered magnet exposures (ie, ingestion or bodily insertion), were contacted. Consenting participants responded to a standardized questionnaire regarding the presence and utility of warning labels, magnet product manufacturer, and attitudes around risk. RESULTS: Of 596 patients in the IMPACT study, 173 parents and 1 adult patient were reached and consented to participate. The median age was 7.5 years. Subjects reported not knowing if a warning label was present in 60 (53.6%) cases, whereas 25 (22.3%) stated warnings were absent. Warnings were present in 28 (24.1%) cases but only 13 (46.4%) reported reading them. A manufacturer was identified by families in 28 (16.1%) exposures; 25 of these were domestic and 27 had warnings. Subjects reported knowing magnets were dangerous in 58% of the cases, although 44.3% believed they were children's toys and only 6.9% knew high-powered magnets were previously removed from the United States market.
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U2 - 10.1542/PEDS.2022-056325
DO - 10.1542/PEDS.2022-056325
M3 - Article
C2 - 36189482
AN - SCOPUS:85141003754
SN - 0031-4005
VL - 150
JO - Pediatrics
JF - Pediatrics
IS - 5
M1 - e2022056325
ER -