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Gabriella Yates, aged five months, was rushed to hospital after the razor-sharp 5mm fragment left her covered in cuts and scratches.

Furious parents Lee, 33, and Michelle, 29, fear their daughter could have got septicaemia after making the horrifying discovery inside her Pampers nappy.

An investigation has now been launched.

Lee said: "We were absolutely outraged and shocked that this had happened.

“You put trust in these big companies, especially when dealing with intimate hygienic areas and you expect things like this to be checked and go through quality control.

"What makes matters worse is that my daughter was born five weeks premature and has a low immune system, so having a dirty piece of metal scratching at her bottom could have given her septicaemia.”

The couple, from Liverpool, bought the nappies from their local Asda last week.

They noticed Gabriella was crying out in pain but believed teething was the cause.

Medics treated the tot for minor injuries after she suffered a number of cuts to her bottom.

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Lee added: "We were absolutely horrified when we found it.

“We took her straight to A&E and I was wondering how many other pieces of metal had been in the nappies as we had been using these nappies all week.

“As soon as she stopped wearing them there was an instant transformation.

"The metal was right in the core of the nappy, inside the cotton, and the metal was in the part of the nappy right near her intimate area. It's just awful.

"It was really sharp, like it had been left from the manufacturing process.

"It was right in the core coming right through. At first we thought, 'what's this mark? - it's solid object.

“We scratched away the top sheet and there we found the sharp metal.”

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Lee has complained to manufacturers Procter & Gamble in the hope that no other babies are affected.

"We don't want compensation but we want to know what happened and have someone investigate transparently, determine the cause and make sure that no other babies are affected.

“Next time they might not be so lucky,” he added.

In a statement, Pampers insisted safety was their “number one priority” and nappies were made to “very high standards” with “rigorous quality checks”.

A company spokesperson said: "We are very sorry to hear about this family's experience and we are taking this matter very seriously.

“While we cannot comment on this case as it is being investigated, we are working with the parents to make sure the baby is well and to fully understand what has happened.”

It comes just one month after Asda launched a probe when another mum claimed she found a RAZOR BLADE inside her daughter's own-brand nappy.

And Tesco was also forced to apologise in June after a 17-week-old baby was cut by a piece of glass inside a nappy from the supermarket.