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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 492
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL OUTSIDE AND FELL ONTO A NEEDLE PUN HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Bags |
| PUNCTURE R 5TH FINGER, PT GOT HURT W/A NEEDLE IN A BAG AT HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, SENSATION INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: 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: 10/11/2006 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials |
| C/O PT STATES STEPPED ON A NEEDLE ON THE FLOOR DX LT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Dancing |
| PUNCTURE R FOOT, PT DANCING BAREFEET, GOT A NEEDLE EMBEDDED UNDER FOOT AT HOME, C/O PAIN, LIMPING, SWELLING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2006 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: 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: 07/10/2006 | Age: 4 months | 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: 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 |
| Date: 06/19/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Clothing |
| WHILE IN PUBLIC RESTROOM, PT FOUND INSULIN NEEDLE, PLAYED WITH IT, NEED LE BENT, WAS PUT IN POCKET, SCRATCHED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Bags |
| PUNCTURE L 2ND FINGER, PT SUST INJURY W/A NEEDLE FROM THE GARBAGE BAG AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| NEEDLE STICK TO HAND WHEN GETTING NEWSPAPER OUT OF WASTE BASKET IN GAS STATION RESTROOM/ NEEDLE STICK UNKNOWN SOURCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT C/O NEEDLESTICK TO RT HAND WITH DIRTY NEEDLE FOUND IN HOUSE GARBAGE CAN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2006 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Chairs |
| HAD BLOOD DRAWN, DURING WHICH LIGHTHEADNESS&SYNCOPED&FELL OFF CHAIR " SYNCOPE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Clothing accessories |
| PT WAS GETTING WALLET OUT OF TRASH AND JABBED HIS FINGER WITH A NEEDLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Bags |
| PUNCTURE R FOREARM, PT SUST INJURY W/A NEEDLE WHILE LOOKING INTO A BAG AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FOUND AN *** IN A DUMPSTER, & PUNCTURED LT HAND- WOUND BLEDDX: NEEDL ESTICK INJURY- PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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