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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 838
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| LIQUID BLEACH INGESTION.PT DRANK *** BLEACH ACCIDENTLY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| BLEACH EXPOSURE RESULTING IN A ASTHMA EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT. ACCIDENTALLY GARGLED WITH *** WATER TODAY AT 9:30 AM. DX. *** INGE STION - NONTOXIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations |
| ASTHMA EXACERBATION- SUSTAINED FROM CLEANING THE HOUSE WITH BLEACH AND* ** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2002 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| DRANK BLEACH, THOUGHT IT WAS SODA *** INGESTION CLOROX INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches, Toilets |
| PT C/O WHEEZING AND SOB S/P USING *** THIS AM IN THE TOILET. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 72 years | 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: Bleaches, Toilet bowl products |
| CHLORINE GAS EXPOSURE-@ HOME-CLEANING TOILET-MIXED CHLORINE BLEACH & ** *-MIXTURE FORMED A CLOUD-HE WAS EXPOSED BRIEFLY TO FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT C/O ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF BLEACH AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2002 | Age: 83 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: Bleaches, Ammonia, household |
| CHEMICAL INHALATION-AT HOME-MIXED AMMONIA & BLEACH TO CLEAN HER FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 60 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: Bleaches, Floors or flooring materials |
| CLEANING FLOORS WITH UNDILUTED BLEACH;BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DUE TO BLEACH EXPOSURE;RESPIRATORY DISTRESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 61 years | 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: Bleaches, Acids |
| REACTIVE AIRWAY-ATTEMPTING TO UNCLOG DRAIN-USING CHLORINE & MURIATIC AC ID-EXPOSED TO FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2002 | Age: 58 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: Bleaches |
| 58YOF-NONTOXIC INGESTION-DRANK A SWALLOW OF BLEACH-ACCIDENTLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT CLEANING FLOOR AT HOME WITH A COMBINATION OF VINEGAR AND BLEACH INHA LED THE FUMES WENT INTO BRONCHOSPASMS- ANOXIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household |
| INHALED FUMES WHEN MIXED *** AND AMMONIA DX INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 58 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: Bleaches, Tableware and accessories |
| DRANK FROM CUP, THOUGHT IT WAS COFFEE, IT WAS BLEACH NONTOXIC INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Not recorded | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches, Toilets |
| PT WAS CLEANING A TOILET W/*** BLEACH & THEN ADDED ANOTHER CLEANER &INH ALED THE FUMES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bleaches |
| CLEANING WITH BLEACH 1 WEEK PTA-DASH NOW SPREADING ALL OVER BODYDX-ACUT E CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 53 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches |
| 53YOF-INHALED BLEACH FUMES-AT HOME-SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF BLEACH |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/11/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED BLEACH,NOW C/O SORETHROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2002 | Age: 73 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: Bleaches, Tableware and accessories |
| ACCIDENTAL INGESTION ***, PICKED UP A CUP WHICH HAD SMALL AMOUNT OF *** (THOUGHT WAS WATER) AND TOOK 1 SWALLOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2002 | 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: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners |
| MIXED BLEACH & MOP&GLO TO CLEAN FLOOR, DEVELOPED SOB AFTER 5MIN. CHLOR INE INDUCED PNEUMONITIS, HYPOXIA AND BRONCHOSPASM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/24/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bleaches |
| PT ACCIDENTLY DRANK SOME BLEACH FOREIGN BODY INGESTION POISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bleaches, Toilet bowl products |
| BRONCHOSPASM DUE TO CHEMICAL INHALATION-HAD MIXED CHLORINE BLEACH & TOILET BOWL CLEANER-INHALED FUMES-PT CALLED PCC-TO ED-LOCALE NS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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