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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 726
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2005 | Age: 26 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 |
| LIGHTHEADED AND VOMITING AND ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER MIXING BLEACH AND AMM ONIA TOGETHER. DX. GASTRITIS, INHALATION INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2005 | Age: 36 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, Bleaches |
| ANOXIA, VIA EMS, PT EXPOSED TO AMMONIA/BLEACH FUMES AT HOME, C/O SOB, DIZZINESS, NO ACTIVE PAIN OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Sinks |
| SPLASHED AMMONIA IN BOTH EYES CLEANING UNDER SINK AMMONIA BOTH EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2005 | Age: 41 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: Ammonia, household |
| PT INHALED AMMONIA FUMES LAST NITE, TO ER WITH EYE IRRITATION, COUGHING AND CHEST PAIN, DX AMMONIA INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT C/O CHEMICAL BURN TO BOTH HANDS X2 DAYS FROM BLEACH,AMMONIA AND FLOOR PRODUCT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| R HAND RED/SWELLING AFTER USING AMMONIA AND BLEACH TO CLEAN DX: CHEMICAL BURN R HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT INHALED DISINFECTANT SPRAY - C/O VOMITING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT STATES THAT AMMONIA IN EYE - DX CHEMICAL EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2005 | Age: 46 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: Ammonia, household, Bleaches |
| PT MIXED BLEACH AND AMMONIA, DX CHEMICAL INHALATION EXPOSURE SPILLED MIXTURE ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT WHILE CLEANING THE HOUSE WITH AMMONIA DEVELOPPED URTICARIA AND TIGHTNESS OF CHEST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2005 | Age: 50 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: Ammonia, household |
| PT SMELLED/INHALED AMMONIA AT HOME, NOW ABOUT TO PASS OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/14/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PT GOT AMMONIA IN EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS L EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| HAD AMMONIA SPLASHED IN EYES, ALSO HAS CONTUSIONS TO FLANK AND CHEST ( NOT SURE IF THIS IS ABUSE CASE) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 37 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| USING AMMONIA AND ANOTHER CLEANER AND DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH TOX IC INHALATION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Paper products |
| SPLASHED LIQUID FROM *** WIPES IN EYE. ACUTE CHLORIDE (AMMONIA) EXPOSUR E OD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| CLEANING PHESANT PENS AT HOME, INHALED AMMONIA FUMES; DYSPNEA, ACHES AL L OVER. DX: SEPTIC SHOCK, PNEUMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2005 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| PAIN TO EYE GOT AMONIA SPLASHED INTO EYE DX: ABRASION TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Ammonia, household |
| CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS - 44 YOM WAS CLEANING WITH AMMONIA AND SPRAYED SOME INTO HIS EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 50 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 |
| SHORTNESS OF BREATH,LUMBAR STRAIN.PT MIXED AMMONIA AND BLEACH TOGETHER AND CLEAN BATHTUB AND BECAME SOB AND BACK BEGAN TO HURT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Ammonia, household, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAD AMMONIA ON HANDS AND INHALED FUMES , FELT LIGHTHEADED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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