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Accidents - Glass tubing or test tubes - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 570
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Arm:145Finger:130
Eyeball:69Lower Leg:68
Wrist:61Face:33
Hand:22All Of Body:22
Lower Trunk:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
PT LACERATED FINGER ON GLASS PIPET IN CHEMISTRY CLASS. D: FINGER LACERA TION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2003Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes, Other drugs or medications
PT WITH MOM IN OB GYN OFFICE AND DRANK A VIAL OF THIN PREP PAP SMEAR FL UID CONTAINS METHANOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
LT HAND LAC-CUT ON GLASS TEST TUBE IN SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
PT LACERATED WRIST WITH GLASS PIPETTE IN CHEMISTRY LAB 3 HOURS AGO. D: LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
CUT ARM ON GLASS TUBE FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
PT CLEANING HIS ROOM AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG- KNELT ON A GLASS TEST TUBE LEFT OVER FROM A SCIENCE PROJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
PT W/CUT TO (L) FOREARM ON GLASS BEAKER @ SCHOOL. DX: 3CM (L) FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
RECTAL FB W/ PAIN-PT HAD INSERTED A GLASS TUBE INTO HIS RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
WAS RUNNING AROUND AND WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH A GLASS TUBE DX FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
FELL ON GLASS TUBING AND CUT HIS FACE DX FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2003Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
24 YO CUT FINGER ON GLASS PIPETTE. DX L 3RD DIGIT LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes, Freezers
PT WITH TEST TUBE FROM NITROGEN FREEZER EXPLOSEDED IN HAND WITH DEEP LA CERATION IN PALM OF HAND, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
40 YO M GLASS TUBE BROKE WENT INTO EYE. DX FOREIGN BODY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Glass tubing or test tubes
PT INGESTED BLOOD FROM A HEPARIMIZED TUBE FAMILY JUST MOVED IN HOUSE FO RMER TENANT WAS A NURSE, INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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