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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 958
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials |
| NEEDLE STICK LOWER LEG/10YOF WAS VISITING GRANDFATHER LAST PM & BROTHER FOUND NEEDLE ON FLOOR IN ROOM & STUCK IT IN PT'S LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials |
| NEEDLE STICK R LOWER LEG/10YOF & BROTHER WERE IN HOSP.WHEN BROTHER PICK ED NEEDLE OFF FLOOR & STUCK PT IN LEG WITH IT AT 4:30P.LEFT BEFORE EXAM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials |
| GOT FLU SHOT, AFTER SAT DOWN FELT FAINT, FELL TO FLOOR, DX; VASOVAGAL S YNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Footwear |
| PUTTING ON THE SHOE,GOT STUCK INTO TOE C A NEEDLE, ?IN THE SHOE, NOW C RETAINED FB >> FBR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Chairs |
| GETTING INJECTION INTO EYE, CHAIR FAILED&NEEDLE SCRATCHED EYE >> CORNEL ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS GIVEN AN INJECTION IN KNEE AT DOCTORS OFFICE AND PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR DX: VASOVAGAL SNYCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2007 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: 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: 10/21/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: 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: 08/11/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT SOAKED CIGARETTE BUTTS IN WATER, THEN INJECTED IN ARM D DX: ARM CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials |
| WATCHING SOMEONE HAVE BLOOD DRAWN WITH NEEDLE IN HOSPITAL AND FELL IN FLOOR DX FALL WITHOUT INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2007 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Other playground equipment |
| C/O PLAYING IN SANDBOX, NEEDLESTICK TO FINGER, DX; PUNCTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Football |
| NEEDLE STICK TO TOE WHILE PLAYING F-BALL ON THE BEACH " PW'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Beds or bedframes |
| PT REACHING BEHIND A BED AT THE *** INN AND THERE WAS A SYRINGE SUSTAI NED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| PATIENT INJURED FOREARM 4 DAYS AGO WHILE HAVING BLOOD DRAW, SHARP SHOOT ING PAIN AT TIME OF DRAW, HAS BEEN CARRYING BOOKS WITH ARM; HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2007 | Age: 12 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 |
| 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: 05/07/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Bags |
| NEEDLESTICK TO FINGER-STUCK W/A USED NEEDLE ON SYRINGE IN GARBAGE BAG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT PASSED OUT IN DOCTORS OFFICE AFTER RECEIVING 3 SHOTS AT WELL AP POINTMENT, HIT CARPETED FLOOR; VASOVAGAL EPISODE AFTER NEEDLE STICKS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Buckets or pails |
| PT GOT NEEDLE STICK FROM CONTAMINATED NEEDLE IN THE GARBAGE PAIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: 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: 02/26/2007 | Age: 15 months | 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: 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: 02/25/2007 | Age: 26 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: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT THROWING AWAY GARBAGE IN DUMPSTER BEHIND ***,STUCK W NEEDLETO PALM,N OT PT'S NEEDLE, DX NEEDLE STICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Scales |
| PT AT DOCTORS OFFICE GOT A SHOT STOOD UP AND PASSED OUT HIT HEAD ON SCA LE DX// HEAD PAIN SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Paper products |
| @ HOTEL, ACC STUCK BY A NEEDLE TO THE PALM WHILE IN THE BR, FD UNDERNEA TH THE TOILET PAPER " PW/NEEDLE STICK" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Bathtubs or showers |
| FAINTING SPELL AFTER GETTING HEPATITIS A VACCINE AT PMD'S OFFICE YESTER DAY, FELT PAIN FROM SHOT, TODAY PASSED OUT IN SHOWER HIT SHOULDER; INJU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | 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, 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 |
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