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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,610
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches, Abrasive cleaners |
| URTICARIA.PT WAS USING BLEACH AND *** AND SKIN BECAME RED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Toilet bowl products |
| TOXIC EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE GAS-INHALED MIXTURE OF BLEACH & SNOBOWL CLEANER-AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED MOUTH FULL OF *** BLEACH |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches, Bottles or jars |
| BLEACH IN R EYE.SPLASHED WHEN OPENING BOTTLE.DX CHEMICAL IRRITATION R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners |
| PT. WAS CLEANING BATHROOM AND INHALED HOUSEHOLD CLEANER, WHICH WAS"***" AND *** - PT. IS 18 WEEKS PREGNANT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/29/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT C/O HOUSE BLEACH SPLASHED IN EYES - C/O BURNING EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Drinking glasses |
| PT GRABBED A GLASS AND TOOK A DRINK THINKING IT WAS H2O, WHEN IT WAS RE ALLY BLEACH, *** BLEACH EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT CLEANING THR BATHROOM AT HOME WITH BLEACH INHALED THE FUMES BECAME V ERY SHORT OF BREATH ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Toilet bowl products |
| PT DECIDED TO CLEAN TOILET WITH AN ACID TOILET CLEANER AND BLEACH MIXED THE TWO INHALED THE FUMES- BRONCHOSPASMS- ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/04/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Bleaches |
| 17 YO F HAD BLEACH SPLASHED IN EYES CORNEAL ABRASION-BOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| INHALED BLEACH DX: TOXIC FUME INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household |
| BILATERAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT MIXED BLEACH AND AMMONIA TOGETHER AND IT IR RITATED BOTH EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT STATES SHE HAD BLEACH SPLASH IN HER LEFT EYE REDNESS, SWELLING OF EYELID AND BURNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Sinks |
| EXPOSURE TO CHEMICALS-CLEANING A SINK W/ BLEACH-INHALED FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT. WAS CLEANING WITH BLEACH WITH BATHROOM DOOR CLOSED; STARTED COUGHIN & HAD SORE THROAT. DX: CHLORINE BLEACH INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PATIENT AT FOOTBALL GAME AND HAD EYE SWELLING, HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN NEAR ***; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners |
| INHALED BLEACH AND THE CLEANER '***' . DIAGNOSIS WAS REACTIVE AIRWAY 2N D TO BLEACH INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| BLEACH IN THE EYE- CHEMICAL BURN TO THE EYE NO OTHER INFO AVAILABLE. PT LWT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bleaches |
| SAT IN *** DX: SKIN IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches, Washing machines |
| CORNEAL BURN - SPLASHED BLEACH IN EYE WHEN POURING IT INTO WASHER AT LA UNDROMAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Bleaches |
| DX CORNEAL ABRASION; HAD BLEACH ON HANDS, RUBBED EYE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| POISONING, PT MISSTOOK BLEACH FOR WATER & SWALLOWED SOME, C/O ABDOMINAL PAIN, NO LOC, POISON CONTROL CONTACTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - DOING THE LAUNDRY AND SPLASHED BLEACH INTO RI GHT EYE, RINSED WITH WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| SPLASHED BLEACH IN EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| BLEACH IN EYE; CHEMICAL BURN RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT USED MIXTURE OF BLEACH, ***,KITCHEN DEGREASER, BATHROOM CLEANSER, & *** W/O GLOVES TO CLEAN HOUSE. ACUTE CHEMICAL BURNS HANDS@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| SPLASHED BLEACH ON FACECHEMICAL BURN, BILATERAL EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| 20 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES. PT GOT BLEACH IN EYES @ A FR IENDS HOUSE. E9241 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT HAD BLEACH THROWN IN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Bottles or jars |
| PATIENT IS MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY DISABLED, PICKED UP BLEACH BOTTLE AN D DRANK 1-2 OUNCES, INITIAL SHAKING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| CHLORINE BEACH EXPOSURE - WHEN CLEANING BATHROOM @ HOME BECAME SHORT OF BREATH FROM THE FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Bleaches |
| CORNEAL ABRASION- SUSTAINED WHEN HE ACCIDENTLY GOT BLEACH SPLASHED INH IS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bleaches, Bathtubs or showers |
| 19 YO M CLEANING SHOWER W/BLEACH DEVELOPED HEADACHEHEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| DEVELOPMENTALLY SLOW PATIENT NOT FEELING WELL AFTER CLEANING ROOM WITH *** BLEACH AND ***. D: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| WASHED HANDS IN BLEACH WATER CAUSING RASH ON HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF BLEACH |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/11/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| EXPOSED TO BLEACH CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| 19 YO F HAD BLEACH TO SPLASH INTO EYE BURN ALKALINE CHEMICAL BURN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| INHALATION OF *** BLEACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PATCHY AREAS TO BACK & TRUNK, ?RINGWORN, BOYFRIEND PUT BLEACH ON IT, BU RNED IT. CHEMICAL BURN TO RT BACK, RASH C/W ECZ VS TINEA CORPOUS, +MJ. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household |
| YESTERDAY MIXED BLEACH, AMMONIA, AND ***, INHALED FUMES, SOB TIGHTNESS IN CHEST. S/P CHEMICAL INHALATION, ACUTE BRONCHITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT.REPORTED HE DRANK BLEACH THIS AM C/O MUQ PAIN DX- ACUTE GESTRITIS 2% INGESTION OF CHOLIDE POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/18/2002 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Tableware and accessories |
| PT TOOK A "BIG GULP" OF BLEACH AND *** THAT WAS IN A CUP- PT THOUGHT I T WAS ***E. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF *** BLEACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches, Soaps |
| MIXED *** BLEACH W/ *** DETERGENT AND INHALED FUMES ACCIDENTALLY C/ OSH ORT OF BREATH HAPPENED AT HOME DX TOXIC FUME INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| INGESTED *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT SPLASHED BLEACH ONTO FACE DX: BLEACH TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2002 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners |
| PATIENT CAME IN WITH COMPLAIN OF EXPOSURE TO *** AND BLEACH.NOW HAS HEA DACHE AND ABDOMINAL PAIN. D: CHLORINE GAS EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT SPLASHED BLEACH IN EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT CLEANING WITH BLEACH AT HOME, SOME SPLASHED INTO LT EYE, CHEMIC AL CONJUNCTIVITIS LT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household |
| CHEMICAL POISONING- GENERAL WEAKNESS CAUSED BY MIXING BLEACH AND A MMONIA TOGETHER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| $CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.PT HAD BLEACH SPLASH IN EYES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT C/O SMELL OF BLEACH IS MAKING HER SICK - DX BLEACH INHALATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|