The simple bread tag – a menace to society?

Delayed small bowel perforation after accidental bread clip ingestion

“…Practical alternatives include using elastic bands or cardboard bread clips that are biodegradable or bread packaged in paper instead of plastic. Other case reports call for the complete cessation of their manufacture 8 . Parents, caregivers and medical practitioners should be made aware of the possibility of ingestion of bread clips and potential gastrointestinal complications.…”

“…Other case reports call for the complete cessation of their manufacture. 8 Parents, caregivers and medical practitioners should be made aware of the possibility of ingestion of bread clips and potential gastrointestinal complications.…”

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“…[14] alert us to the dangers of the small rectangle of jagged plastic securing the bag containing a loaf of sliced bread. Three infants in whom a bread tag had lodged in the laryx or subglottis had to be rescued by bronchoscopy.…”