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Accidents - Hypodermic needles or syringes - 0-5 years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 218
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:135Finger:76
Lower Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/10/2007Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
PT VOMITED LAST NIGHT & THIS MORNING. FLU SHOT 2 DAYS AGO AT PEDS OFFIC E. WAS FINE AT THE TIME OF INJECTION. D: FEVER, VIRAL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, First aid equipment
PATIENT HAS RASH AT BONE MARROW NEEDLE ASPIRATION SITE ON LOWER BACK, T OOK OFF BANDAGE 3 DAYS AGO NOTICED RASH AT SITE; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2007Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
PATIENT HAD IMMUNIZATIONS IN BOTH LEGS, NOW RED, RAISED, HARD AREA GETT ING BIGGER; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/16/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT AT A CLINIC, FOUND A LANCET ON FLOOR AND STUCK HIS FINGER,SKIN WAS BROKEN, BLED SLIGHTLY; NEEDLESTICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2007Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Liquid drugs
CHILD, WHO RECEIVED VACCINE 3 DAYS PREVIOUSLY, HAS INTERMITTENT FEVER, SEIZURE. D:FEBRILE SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Clothing accessories
NEEDLE STICK:AT HOME OPENED 2 ADULT *** AND STUCK LT INDEX FINGERWITH * **, MOTHER STATES *** WERE IN HER PURSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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