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Using the NEISS database to understand pressure cooker related injuries in the USA
  1. Wendy Shields1,
  2. Yanan Dong2,
  3. Leah Jager3,
  4. Evelyn Shiang1,
  5. Shannon Frattaroli1,
  6. Elise Omaki1
  1. 1 Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  2. 2 Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  3. 3 Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  1. Correspondence to Wendy Shields, Center for Injury Research and Policy, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA; wshield1{at}jhu.edu

Abstract

Objective To determine the incidence of pressure cooker related injuries in US hospital emergency departments. To quantify injury patterns associated with pressure cookers and inform prevention recommendation messaging.

Methods The National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS) was queried to identify injuries associated with pressure cookers between 1 January 2003 and 31 December 2019. Case narratives were reviewed to identify precipitating or contributing factors of pressure cooker related injuries. Negative binomial regression was employed to test for trends over time.

Results The NEISS query identified 759 actual pressure cooker injuries between 2003 and 2019, yielding a national estimate of 28 337 (95% CI 24 588 to 32,086) injuries treated in US emergency departments, 1667 cases annually. Analysis of case narratives resulted in the identification of four predominant precipitating or contributing factors to injury: burning agent, struck by product, injured while opening and other.

Conclusion NEISS is a valuable tool for determining injury incidence and understanding common injury patterns associated with specific products. Consumers and manufacturers of pressure cookers can develop safety strategies targeted at preventing the product’s main injury risks.

  • product modification
  • burn
  • blast/explosion
  • home

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  • Contributors WS and YD conceived the idea for the manuscript, conducted the analysis, and completed the initial draft. LJ led the analysis. ES, EO and SF helped develop the coding plan, reviewed and revised the manuscript. WS is the guarantor of the project and manuscript.

  • Funding This study was funded by grant number CE003090-05 from the CDC Injury Control Research Centres.

  • Competing interests None declared.

  • Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.

  • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.