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Accidents - Hypodermic needles or syringes - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 322
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:90
Year 2007:218
Year 2008:13
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:195Finger:113
Lower Trunk:12

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/31/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Baseball
HE FOUND A SYRINGE ON BASEBALL FIELD WHERE BROTHER WAS PLAYING, & POKED FINGER WITH NEEDLE,& IT BROKE OFF. DX: NEEDLESTICK FROM HYPODERMIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Beds or bedframes
PT PULLED A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE FROM HER BACK, AT SCHOOL- PT HAD SPENT TH NIGHT AT DAD'S HOUSE,NEEDLE IN THE BED-AUNT DIABETIC. DX: NEEDLE STICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2007Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
PT VOMITED LAST NIGHT & THIS MORNING. FLU SHOT 2 DAYS AGO AT PEDS OFFIC E. WAS FINE AT THE TIME OF INJECTION. D: FEVER, VIRAL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, First aid equipment
PATIENT HAS RASH AT BONE MARROW NEEDLE ASPIRATION SITE ON LOWER BACK, T OOK OFF BANDAGE 3 DAYS AGO NOTICED RASH AT SITE; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2007Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
PATIENT HAD IMMUNIZATIONS IN BOTH LEGS, NOW RED, RAISED, HARD AREA GETT ING BIGGER; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/16/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT AT A CLINIC, FOUND A LANCET ON FLOOR AND STUCK HIS FINGER,SKIN WAS BROKEN, BLED SLIGHTLY; NEEDLESTICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2007Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
CHILD, WHO RECEIVED VACCINE 3 DAYS PREVIOUSLY, HAS INTERMITTENT FEVER, SEIZURE. D:FEBRILE SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Clothing accessories
NEEDLE STICK:AT HOME OPENED 2 ADULT *** AND STUCK LT INDEX FINGERWITH * **, MOTHER STATES *** WERE IN HER PURSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Containers
NEEDLE STICK - 2 YOM REACHED HAND INTO BOX OF "DIRTY NEEDLES" AT DOCTOR 'S OFFICE AND STUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Metal containers
AT A PARTY WHERE IDDM PATIENT LEFT THE NEEDLE ON A *** CAN, PT WAS PLAY ING C THE CAN AND STUCK SLEF C NEEDLE INTO FINGER " FINGER PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
CHILD, WHO RECEIVED IMMUNIZATIONS TODAY (DPT, POLIO, HIB, PNC) DEVELOPE D FEVER & HAD SEIZURE ACTIVITY. D:FEBRILE SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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