Injuries related to cotton tip applicators sent more than a quarter of a million children to emergency rooms over about two decades, according to a new study.
About 34 children were treated at ERs daily for such injuries between 1990-2010, researchers from Nationwide Children's Hospital found. Kris Jatana, M.D., a pediatric otolaryngologist at Nationwide Children's Hospital and lead author of the study, said this is the first report that points to the national problem and it might not even show the full scope of the issue.
