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Near-miss asphyxiation from a toy ball: a small parts failure
1Department of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|March 1, 1989
Abstract:
The case report of a near-fatal asphyxiation of an 11-month-old child by a 26 mm (diameter) toy ball is presented. The lack of compliance with existing Consumer Product Safety Commission standards for small parts is discussed, and a recommendation is made regarding the coloring of ingestible objects.