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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 428
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 73 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 BEGAN FEELING LIGHTHEADED AFTER USING AMMONIA CLEANER IN HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bottles or jars |
| PT WAS SCREWING THE TOP OF AN AMMONIA BOTTLE ON AND THE BOTTLE RUPTURED AND SOME SPLASHED IN RIGHT EYE CHEMICAL BURNS EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT TRYING 2 CLEAN UP A MESS MADE BY HER PETS WHEN SHE GRABBED BOTTLE OF AMMONIA & TOP WAS OFF & IT SPLASHED IN FACE.DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 59 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, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT CLEANING HER BATHTUB WITH AMMONIA AT HOME AND INHALED THE FUMES DEVE LOPED DIZZINESS AND NAUSEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2008 | Age: 52 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: Ammonia, household |
| EYE INJURY FROM GETTING AMMONIA IN EYE. DX-ACUTE BILATERAL CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS, ACUTE RIGHT CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 61 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, Bleaches |
| 61 YO FEMALE INHALED AMONIA AND BLEACH WHILE CLEANING SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2008 | 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 ASTHMA EXACERBATION - S/P AFTER EXPOSURE TO AMMONIA FUMES THIS AM. PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 68 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, Bleaches |
| INHALATION EXPOSURE-MIXED AMMONIA & BLEACH-INHALED FUMES-STARTED COUGHI NG-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION. CAUGHING & HA AFTER INHALING MIXTURE OF *** &***. LOROX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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