New incident report
Incident Report Number: 2010-3274
Registrant Reference Number: 654383
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: ONTARIO
PMRA Registration No. 27112 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: OFF! Deep Woods Pump Spray Insect Repellent IV 30 mL - Canada
Yes
Unknown
Site: Personal use / Usage personnel
Other
Sex: Female
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
Unknown / Inconnu
Yes
No
Non-occupational
Application
None
Skin
<=15 min / <=15 min
>24 hrs <=3 days / >24 h <=3 jours
6/29/2010 Caller states that her (age) daughter may have used product about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Her daughter sprayed the product on her hands and feet 1 week ago. Caller does not know when her daughter washed the product off of her skin. Two days later she developed a rash to her hands and feet. She did see an MD and was prescribed an unspecified topical cream. MD thought it may have been a food allergy. She also had taken Benadryl and rubbed cortisone cream to the affected areas.
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. Typically allergic contact dermatitis would have a much more immediate onset that 48 hours. Also, it is unusual that that patient would use insect repellent only on her hands a feet and not her face, neck, arms and legs. Possibly these areas had been covered with clothing. The differential diagnosis for dermatological disorders, especially during the warm weather months, would include multiple potential etiologies such as heat rash, sunburn, insect bites, viral infection, allergic reaction to sunscreens, allergic reaction to a consumed food or medication, and allergic reaction to a naturally occurring environmental allergen such as a component of a plant like poison ivy or poison oak.