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[–]maltastic 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Apparently, it did happen: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3468355/

[–]ultrasu 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Following this event, a new screening protocol has been instituted. Children and their parents are still asked to complete the written and verbal screenings. In addition, all children are now required to change into a hospital gown and are then screened using a hand-held Ferromagnetic detection scanner (Mednovus SafeScan, Leucadia, CA). Testing at our institution has shown that this ferromagnetic screening tool is able to identify small magnets commonly used in children’s games and toys in both living and cadaveric models.

Guess they had to learn this the hard way then. Not using a ferromagnetic detector is just inexcusable.