Wringer Washing Machine Injuries

Wringer injuries of the hand.

Wringer injuries of the hand are of special interest because the extent and severity of damage constitute a real cause of disability and limit working capacity. MacCollum (1938) was the first to emphasise the characteristic features of the injuries caused by roller-type machinery, coining the term “ wringer injuries.” Later, Innis (1957) called them “ avulsion injuries,” applying this term to a...

Washing machine related injuries in children: a continuing threat.

OBJECTIVE To describe washing machine related injuries in children in the United States. METHODS Injury data for 496 washing machine related injuries documented by the Consumer Product Safety Commission's National Electronic Injury Surveillance System and death certificate data files were analyzed. Gender, age, diagnosis, body part injured, disposition, location and mechanism of injury were c...

A machine for washing Wassermann tubes.

One of the most irksome tasks in a pathological department is the washing of test-tubes. Particularly is this so when a thousand or more tubes have to be washed at the end of a long day doing Wassermann and Kahn tests. If the task is postponed to the next day the cleaning process becomes more difficult. It seemed that a machine was needed for the mechanical rinsing of tubes immediately after th...

Wringer injuries of the upper extremity: a clinical, pathological and experimental study.

Advanced Dimensional Control on Washing Machine Sealing through Profilometry