1 Poison Control and Drug Information Center (PCDIC), College of medicine and health sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. 2 Department of pharmacology and toxicology, College of medicine and health sciences, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine. 3 WHO Collaborating Centre for Drug Information, National Poison Centre, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, Mala...

Iron poisoning has become uncommon. This success may underscore the importance of prevention by interventions gleaned from poison center data and poison prevention advocacy. Blister packaging, smaller dosages, and education of parents and health care professionals have led to a great decline in iron poisoning in the past two decades. Unfortunately, however, significant iron poisonings still occ...


 Purpose: To analyze drug information queries related to treatment with hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), chloroquine (CQ), and azithromycin submitted a local poison center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
 Methods: This retrospective study explored HCQ-, CQ-, azithromycin-related inquiries the Drug Poison Information Center at Security Forces Hospital Program, Arabia. These were analyzed quantitati...

Background and aims: The Palestinian poison control and drug information center (PCDIC) was established in 2006 to provide up-to-date information regarding medications and help in the early diagnosis and management of poisoning cases. This manuscript summarizes the activities carried out by the PCDIC in the past two years. Methodology: Documented inquires received at the PCDIC were analyzed. Ac...

BACKGROUND The Palestinian Poison Control and Drug Information Center was established in 2006 to provide up-to-date information on medications and to help in the early diagnosis and management of poisoning cases. OBJECTIVES To summarize the activities carried out by the PCDIC in the past 2 years. METHODS Documented inquires received at the PCDIC were analyzed and the Center's activities wer...

OBJECTIVE This project explored the communication processes associated with poison control center calls. METHODS In this preliminary study, we adapted the Roter Interaction Analysis System to capture staff-caller dialogue. This involved case selection, wherein adherence and non-adherence cases were selected; call linkage to medical records, where case records were linked with voice recordings...

Introduction The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to conduct surveillance of calls to United States poison centers (PCs) to identify clusters of reports of hazardous exposures and illnesses. NPDS stores basic information from PC calls including call type (information request only or call reporting a possible chemical exposure), exposur...

To assess the extent and severity of poisoning by Atractylis gummifera L. in Morocco, a descriptive retrospective study was conducted on all the poisoning cases listed between 1981 and 2004 to the Morocco Poison Control Center. During this period, 240 people were hospitalized for glue thistle poisoning, 72% of which are children under 16 years. The severity of the poisoning has been affirmed by...

BACKGROUND E-cigarettes are battery-powered devices that deliver nicotine and flavorings by aerosol and have been marketed in the United States since 2007. Because e-cigarettes have increased in popularity, toxicity potential from device misuse and malfunction also has increased. National data indicate that during 2010–2014, exposure calls to US poison control centers increased only 0.3% for co...