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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 223
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2005 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW; EYE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - MOM STATES CHILD STRUCK HER LT EYE WITH A STRAW TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| GETTING OUT OF CAR SLIPPED HIT EYE ON STRAW CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| EYE CONTUSED , HIT WITH DRINKING STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS WATCHING TV, UNSUPERVISED,POKED EYE C JUICE BOX STRAW SUSTAINED " SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEAMORRHAGE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT MAY HAVE SCRATCHED EYE WITH A STRAW. LEFT ER BEFORE SEEN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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