Accidents - Hypodermic needles or syringes - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 13
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Baseball
HE FOUND A SYRINGE ON BASEBALL FIELD WHERE BROTHER WAS PLAYING, & POKED FINGER WITH NEEDLE,& IT BROKE OFF. DX: NEEDLESTICK FROM HYPODERMIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hypodermic needles or syringes, Beds or bedframes
PT PULLED A HYPODERMIC NEEDLE FROM HER BACK, AT SCHOOL- PT HAD SPENT TH NIGHT AT DAD'S HOUSE,NEEDLE IN THE BED-AUNT DIABETIC. DX: NEEDLE STICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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