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- Title
Eye Injuries Sustained at a Foam Party -- Collier County, Florida 2012.
- Authors
Cavicchia, Philip P.; Watkins, Sharon; Blackmore, Carina; Matthias, James
- Abstract
The article discusses the cases of around 40 individuals who were hospitalized in Collier County, Florida in May 2012 due to severe eye irritation and pain. The patients claimed that they attended a foam party at a local nightclub the night before the incidents.The Florida Department of Health started a probe on the cases. The most common injuries sustained by the patients include eye irritation, severe eye pain and decreased visual acuity.
- Subjects
EYE diseases; PAIN; NIGHTCLUBS; FLORIDA. Dept. of Health; VISUAL acuity
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2013, Vol 62, Issue 33, p667
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
Article