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Accidents - Room deodorizers or fresheners - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,050
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:774Eyeball:113
Lower Leg:75Wrist:71
Finger:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/16/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
52 Y/O WITH ALLERGIC REACTION FROM PINE SCENTED SPRAY AT SCHOOL PLAY. DX ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
PT WAS SPRAYED WITH AIR FRESHENER IN EYE DX: EYE INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
PT USED A *** AIR FRESHENER AND AFTER A FEW MINUTES DEVELOPEDTHROAT SWE LLING AND DYSPNEA POSSIBLE REACTION TO AIR FRESHENER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
AT HOME DROPPED DEODERANT CAN ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
HYPOKALEMIA:PT HAS BEEN INGESTING 2 TBS *** CARPET DEODORIZERTO SETTLE STOMACH,THOUGHT WAS BAKING SODA,DON'T KNOW FOR HOW LONG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
REPORTS FINGER CAUGHT IN THE LID OF AIR FRESHENER >> AVULSION LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners, Floors or flooring materials
FELL @ HOME, FOOT SLIPPED ON AIR FRESHENER THAT WAS IN FLOOR DX WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
PT DX ACUTE EXACERBATION OF ASTHMA - S/P ASTHMA WAS TRIGGERED BY AEROSOLIZED AIR FRESHNER - C/O CHEST DISCOMFORT,COUGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
PT PUT AIR FRESHENER IN MOUTH; POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
56 YOF IS HAVING ALLERGIC REACTION TO AIR DEODORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
SMOKE INHALATION SECONDARY TO AIR FRESHENER PLUG IN CAUSING SPARK, CAUS ING FIRE; PT. WAS ON OXYGEN. FIRE DEPT. ATTENDED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/18/2004Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
SPRAYED AIR FRESHENER IN EYES ACCIDENTALLY AND NOW HAS CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
68 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CHEMICAL BURN TO EYES. PT GOT ROOM DEODORIZER IN EYE S @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2003Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
PT JUST HAD CAR DETAILED WENT INTO THE CAR INHALED THE DEODORANT FRAGRA NCE WENT INTO BROCHOSPASMS AND HIVES ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2001Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/26/2000Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/1999Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/1999Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/1999Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/1999Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/1998Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Room deodorizers or fresheners
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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