Eye Injuries Sustained at a Foam Party — Collier County, Florida 2012

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• Journal Article:
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Personal Author:
  Cavicchia, Philip P. ; Watkins, Sharon ; Blackmore, Carina ; Matthias, James
• Description:
  On May 26, 2012, the Collier County Health Department was notified by law enforcement and hospital personnel that approximately 40 persons had sought care at local emergency departments because of severe eye irritation and pain. Patients reported that they had attended a foam party at a local nightclub the night before. Syndromic Surveillance activities carried out by the Florida Department of Health identified 35 patients who had visited an emergency department in Collier County on May 26 with a chief complaint related to eye injuries, well above the expected number of less than 10.
• Subjects:
  Dancing Detergents Emergency Service, Hospital Eye Injuries Humans
• Source:
  MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 2013; 62(33):667-668.
• Series:
  Weekly Report: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• ISSN:
  0149-2195 (print) ; 1545-861X (digital)
• Pubmed ID:
  23965831
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4604799
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Genre:
  Notes from the Field
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Pages in Document:
  2 pdf pages
• Volume:
  62
• Issue:
  33
• Collection(s):
  Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1bb948e74c654ba2d984cb498610dea9275ea9c0bbd2749f9ff90b8bf3f5879e7a3bf178d052fe3a1a030b68c3152be2ff7ad661c4f38bfa598a929f508125c2
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/54688/cdc_54688_DS1.pdf
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