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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,494
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2009 | Age: 80 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: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT DX AMMONIAL CLEANER INHALATION - 80 YR OLD FEMALE BIBEMS W/HX OF HTN AND COUGH DEU TO CLEANING WITH AMMONIA AND BLEACH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT WAS CLEANING HOME WITH AMMONIA, DEVELOPED SOB AND VOMITING, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| WAS SPRAYED IN EYE WITH AMMONIA CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2009 | Age: 70 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: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| 70YOF MIXED AMMONIA WITH BLEACH TO WASH WINDOWS AND DEVELOPED COUGHING AND WHEEZING AFTER INHALING THE FUMES POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2009 | Age: 60 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: Ammonia, household |
| PT DX CHEST WALL PAIN - S/P AFTER PT INHALED AMMONIA WHILE CLEANING 2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| WAS CLEANING WITH AMMONIA AND FEELS LIGHT HEADED ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2009 | Age: 88 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: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Abrasive cleaners |
| PT WAS AT HOME CLEANING SOME SILVER WARE WITH AN AMONA BASED CLEANER AN D BLEACH CAUSING A CHEMICAL EXPOSURE WTH UPPER RESP IRRITATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| 37 YO F CHEMICAL INHALATION INHALED AMMONIA WHILE CLEANING AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2009 | Age: 11 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: Ammonia, household, Floors or flooring materials |
| CHILD GOT INTO A BOTTLE OF AMMONIA FLOOR CLEANER AND INGESTED A SMALL AMOUNT DX: ADMIT TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/13/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| BREATHED IN AMMONIA AT SCHOOL AND BECAME SHOT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2009 | Age: 12 months | 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: Ammonia, household |
| DX: PT. PICKED UP A CUP OF AMMONIA & STARTED TO DRINK WHEN MOM STOPPED BEFORE SWALLOWED SHE THINKS. + WHEEZING; TOXIC INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| L EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIES. SPLASHED AMMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| DIZZY AFTER INHALATION OF AMMONIA CLEANER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT STATES SPLASHED AMMONIA CLEANER IN EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 7 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: Ammonia, household |
| DRANK AMONIA. DX POISONING |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/08/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT MIXED BLEACH AND AMMONIA AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHILE CLEANING T HE BATHROOM AT HOME DX// CHEMICAL EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2009 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT WAS USING AMMONIA BASED CHEMICAL TO REMOVE WAX FROM FLOOR, GETTING SOME ON BACK OF LOWER LEGS DX;; 1ST & 2ND DEGREE CHEM. BURNS LOW LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| SHORT OF BREATH AFTER BEING NEAR AN OVERTURNED BOTTLE OF AMMONIA. DX. C HEMICAL BRONCHITIS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| NAUSEA AND COUGHING AFTER BEING IN A ROOM WHERE A BOTTLE OF AMMONIA SPI LLED. DX. CHEMICAL BRONCHITIS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT CLEANING WITH RUBBING ALCOHOL AND AMMONIA AND BURNED HANDS DX// BILAT HAND BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| C/O LIGHTHEADNESS&BURNING NARES S/P INHALING AMMONIA @ SCHOOL, ?MECH >>AMMONIA INHALATOIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2009 | Age: 48 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: Ammonia, household |
| PT WAS CLEANING WITH *** & BECAME DIZZY AT HOMEDX: CHEMICAL EXPOSURE / VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/22/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, General purpose household cleaners |
| PT WAS CLEANING THE BATHROOM FLOOR MIXED FLOOR CLEANER WITH AMMONIA AND INHALED THE FUMES STARTED TO COUGH CHEMICAL INDUCED BRONCHITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| INGESTED WINDOW CLEANER. DX: AMMONIA INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| INGESTED WINDOW CLEANER. DX: AMMONIA INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 18 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: Ammonia, household, Tableware and accessories |
| PT DX ACCIDENTAL INGESTION - TOOK A SIP OF AMMONIA THAT WAS IN A CUP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 79 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: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT MADE A CONCOCTION OF AMMONIA AND *** BLEACH AND INHALED THE NOXIOUS FUMES BECAOME DYSPNEIC INHALATION POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| INHALATION OF AMMONIA FUMES CLEANING BATHROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Abrasive cleaners |
| PT CLEANING MIXED CHEMICAL OF CHLORINE, AMMONIA, *** AND MEAN GREEN PT HAS SYNCOPE AND ANOXIA RESOLVED, CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2009 | Age: 44 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: Ammonia, household, Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations |
| HEADACHE SINCE INHALING FUME FROM MIXUTRE OF AMMONIA AND *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WASHING FLOOR WITH AMMONIA AND ALCOHOL AT HOME AND INJURED HANDS DX// CHEMICAL BURNS BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/08/2009 | Age: 5 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: Ammonia, household |
| ACCIDENTAL INGERSTION OF AMMONIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2009 | 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: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| 16 YOF C/O IRRITATION BILATERAL EYES, REPORTS CLEANING BATHROOM WITH AM MONIA AND BLEACH 5 HRS EARLIER, DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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