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Incident Report Number: 2009-2613
Registrant Reference Number: 483947
Registrant Name (Full Legal Name no abbreviations): S.C. Johnson and Son, Limited
Address: 1 Webster Street
City: Brantford
Prov / State: ON
Country: Canada
Postal Code: N3T 5R1
Human
Country: CANADA
Prov / State: QUEBEC
PMRA Registration No. 23487 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: OFF! Deep Woods for Sportsmen 1 Insect Repellent-230g Aerosol
Yes
Unknown
Site: Personal use / Usage personnel
Data Subject
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
No
Non-occupational
Application
None
Skin
<=15 min / <=15 min
>8 hrs <=24 hrs / > 8 h < = 24 h
6\9\2009 Caller applied product to self 4 days ago. Caller developed a rash on the neck, ears, and forearms where the product was applied the following day. Caller also developed a fever and a sore throat, and saw a doctor for an evaluation. The doctor diagnosed caller with a viral illness. The doctor recommended taking Ibuprofen for the fever, and prescribed Betaderm topical ointment for treatment of the rash. Caller's fever has resolved, but the rash persists.
Moderate
The information contained in this report is based on self-reported statements provided to the registrant during telephone Interview(s). These self-reported descriptions of an incident have not been independently verified to be factually correct or complete descriptions of the incident. For that reason, information contained in this report does not and can not form the basis for a determination of whether the reported clinical effects are causally related to exposure to the product identified in the telephone interviews. The differential diagnosis for a skin condition of this nature would include multiple potential etiologies which, in addition to this product, include such factors as plant allergens, poison ivy, poison oak, food, infectious pathogens, heat exposure, insect bites, etc. Skin patch testing would be required before labeling this product as the causative agent. A physician who evaluated this patient diagnosed the cause of the illness as a virus, which exclude involvement of the insect repellent.