Incident date: 2022-10-13
NAICS industry code: 622110

An employee was assisting with a surgery in the operating room when an antiseptic solution was administered to the patient for surgical preparation. The antiseptic solution splashed the employee, landing on both arms. The employee began to itch and developed hives; she was hospitalized for anaphylaxis.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Exposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue
code_source: title: Medicines, except vaccines
code_nature: title: Anaphylactic shock, anaphylaxis
code_body: title: BODY SYSTEMS
severity: moderate