The nurse picked up an infant heel warmer and proceeded back to the infant to use the device.While walking back to the basinette, the nurse begain applying light pressure to the pack to begin the mixing of the warming chemicals.The nurse states she used very little pressure and the pack exploded and sprayed her in the eyes with the chemical.The force was great enough to produce splatter on the ceiling in about a 3' radius.The nurse received medical treatment because of eye burning.She was given erythromycin for her eyes and was sent home.The packaging wasn't saved however the remaing lot was removed from serivce.We pulled two cases out of use and the manufacturer is only requesting a few packs for samples.
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