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Incident Report Number: 2013-1306
Registrant Reference Number: 1033708
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. 30211 PMRA Submission No. EPA Registration No.
Product Name: OFF! Clip-On Mosquito Repellent 46mg - Canada
Yes
Unknown
Site: Pub. Area - Outdoor/Zone publique - ext
Other
Sex: Male
Age: >19 <=64 yrs / >19 <=64 ans
System
<=30 min / <=30 min
No
No
Occupational
Other
None
Skin
<=15 min / <=15 min
<=30 min / <=30 min
8/31/2012 Caller states that over a month ago while out to eat at a restaurant the personal mosquito repellent was used by a person nearby the patient. Apparently, after looking at the device attached to the person's belt, the patient 'blacked out' with a syncopal episode. An ambulance was called to the scene where paramedics found the patient awake with a normal EKG. As a precaution, the patient was transported to hospital for examination. A medical evaluation at the hospital ER consisting of an EKG, blood testing, MRI and Chest X-ray was unremarkable. The patient was not treated with any medications. Pt had a cardiac follow up with a specialist where he wore a heart monitor for 48 hours and that was also unremarkable. The cause of this syncopal episode remains a mystery.
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. When considering the body of regulatory data and post-marketing data as well as the weight of scientific peer reviewed data, a causal relationship between the ingredient used in the mosquito repellent implicated in this case and the report of spontaneous syncope lacks any biological plausibility. The patient was not the one actually using the personal mosquito repellent.