Incident date: 2016-11-30
NAICS industry code: 623110

An employee was opening a tablet of Metamucil to give to a resident and suffered a severe allergic reaction resulting in anaphylaxis and hospitalization.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure to other harmful substances, unspecified
code_source: title: Medicines, except vaccines
code_nature: title: Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate