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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,027
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/04/2010 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 5YOF SCRATCHED VAGINA WITH WASH CLOTH ABRASION VAGINA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/23/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Soaps |
| 7YOF STAYING W/SISTER, WOKE W/BLOOD IN UNDERWEAR, STATES VIGOROUSLY WAS HES PERINEAL AREA WITH SOAP & WASHCLOTH,FREQUENT BUBBLE BATHS;VAGINITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 70YOM HAS SMALL SCROTAL LACERATION, PT SAYS POSSIBLY FROM USING A TOWEL DX: SCROTAL SKIN LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2010 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 65 YOM SCRATCHING SCROTUM WITH A TOWEL AFTER GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND NOTICED BLEEDING. LACERATION SCROTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| HIT TESTICLES WITH A TOWEL THIS MORNING TESTICLE PAIN / EPIDIDYMITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 66YOM WAS HOME WASHING HIMSELF WITH WASH CLOTH NOTICED BLOOD;SCROTAL SK IN TEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PAIN AFTER WIPING TOO HARD WITH TOWEL DX: VAGINAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT WASHING HIS TESTICLES WITH A WASH CLOTH AND SCRATCHED HIMSELF DX/ LAC SCROTUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Towel racks or bars |
| PT SLIPPED ON A TOWEL IN THE BATHROOM AND FELL HITTING HIS TESTICLE ON EDGE OF A TOWEL RACK. NEEDS SURG REPAIR. DX SCROTAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| RUBBING PENIS W/ A WASH CLOTH TORE PEICE OF FRENULEN LACERATION PENIS REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| ACCIDENTLY HIT RIGHT TESTICLE WITH WASH CLOTH WHILE BATHING RIGHT TEST ICLE PAIN # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| POSSIBLE INJURY WHILE USING TOWEL AFTER BATH SCROTAL BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT SUST INJURY TO PENIS ON A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2007 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PT LACERATED PENIS WITH A BATH TOWEL WHEN MOM WAS DRYING HIM OFF AFTER BATH. DX: PENIS LACERATION, MILD NO REPAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2006 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| VAGINAL BLEEDING - SLIPPED ON A TOWEL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| LAC TO TESTICALS WHEN DRYING OFF WITH A TOWEL THAT HAD GLASS IN IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| VAGINAL PAIN, PT STATED MOM'S BOYFRIEND'S 11 YO DAUGHTER PUT HER FINGER WITH TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND IT IN HER VAGINA; VAGINAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| 24 YO FEMALE IS IRRITATED FROM WET TOWEL VAGINITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| ? SMALL RAG STUCK IN VAGINA - NO FOREIGN BODY SEEN UNDER EXAMINATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT USED WASH RAG WITH NAIR CREAM ON IT TO WIPE VAGINAL AREA, NOW W ITH VAGINAL ITCHING; IRRITANT VAGINITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DX:PERIRECTAL PILONIDAL FISSURE. USING HIS WASHCLOTH VIGOROUSLY WHEN WA SHING.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| DRYING SELF WITH A ROUGH TOWEL / BLEEDING FROM SCROTUM DX: SCROTAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2003 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers |
| 38 YO FEMALE WAS WASHING GENITALIA WITH WASHCLOTH IN SHOWER AND IT STARTED BLEEDING - LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| PERNEUM AB-SCRATCHED WHILE WASHING HERSELF W/A CLOTH AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/30/2000 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/1998 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Towels or cloths |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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