ASPO092 - New Smartphone App Database for Foreign Body Injury Reporting
Sunday, May 1, 2022
11:20 AM – 12:00 PM CT
Location: Landmark C
Kris R. Jatana, M.D.1, Keith Rhoades, B.S.2, Craig Derkay, M.D.3, Gresham T. Richter, M.D.4, Diego Preciado, M.D.5, James Reilly, M.D.6;
1Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hosp. and Ohio State, Colubus, OH, 2Global Injury Res. Collaborative, Columbus, OH, 3Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Eastern Virginia Med. Sch., Norfolk, VA, 4Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Arkansas Children's Hosp., Little Rock, AR, 5Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Children's Natl. Med. Ctr., Washington D.C., DC, 6Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Nemours and A.I. DuPont Hosp. for Children, Wilmington, DE.
Professor Nationwide Children's Hospital, Ohio State University
Introduction: A century ago, Chevalier Jackson, MD pioneered the management of aerodigestive foreign body (FB) and caustic injuries and developed his own personal repository of data to drive change. Current emerging hazards, such as button batteries, high-powered magnets, toys, food aspiration, and detergent-related caustic injury incidence and severity have not been reliably captured by existing injury databases.
Methods: Pediatric otolaryngologists explored methods that could better capture FB injury events. This team medical experts and engineers reviewed all existing injury databases and determined an innovative solution was warranted.
Results: A novel smartphone app reporting mechanism and global injury database was established by the Global Injury Research Collaborative (GIRC, www.globalirc.org). This platform allows for efficient submission of needed FB photos with object dimensional information, and relevant initial and follow-up clinical data not captured elsewhere. A new version of iOS based “GIRC App” is available to medical professionals from the App Store and soon to be available Android version (GooglePlay). This allows for quick, anonymous, deidentified (HIPAA-compliant), secure electronic mechanism for reporting injuries. Examples of actual FB injury cases submitted to the GIRC database will be presented to demonstrate proof of concept of this technology.
Conclusion: Prior mechanisms have not captured the cumulative data needed to drive adequate product safety changes across industry and regulatory levels. The “GIRC App” is a reliable mechanism for documenting actual pediatric FB injury cases. Otolaryngologists who manage foreign bodies of the aerodigestive tract can be advocates for consumer safety initiatives by utilizing this global research database.