OBJECTIVE Physicians have been surveyed concerning their satisfaction with poison center services but have never been questioned regarding their expectations. This study was conducted to clarify the expectations of emergency physicians in New Mexico regarding the service of their regional poison center, the New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center. DESIGN Five New Mexico emergency depart...

Poison information centers provide telephone advice on the treatment of poisonings to the lay public and medical professionals. In general, the services of a poison center are provided freely to the caller. However, poison center services are labor intensive and expensive since most poison centers utilize medical professionals to provide service and are available for consultation 24 hours/day. ...

background: during the one-year period from may 2008 to may 2009, a nationwide shortage developed which rabies vaccine was not being produced by the manufacturers. in order to manage existing supply, a protocol was established wherein an authorization was required from the regional poison center before vaccine could be administered to a patient. methods: the georgia poison center internal datab...

The wide variety of calls received by the Hawaii Poison Center are described. These include the typical, humorous and calls unique to the islands. Methods include descriptive anecdotal recall and review of Hawaii Poison Center call statistics. A brief description of staff, resources and call taking procedures are also provided.

Introduction In 2010, there were 4,796 snake bite exposures reported to Poison Centers nationwide (1). Health care providers frequently request help from poison centers regarding snake envenomations due to the unpredictability and complexity of prognosis and treatment. The Missouri Poison Center (MoPC) maintains a surveillance database keeping track of every phone call received. ESSENCE, a synd...

background: poisoning is one of the main causes of visits to emergency departments and hospitals in iran. drug and poison information centers (dpic) are reliable sources to guide poisoned patients and provide information about pharmaceutical agents. this study was designed to analyze recorded phone calls to iran dpics during 2011-2012. methods: this was a retrospective study on phone calls to d...

INTRODUCTION Poisoning is an increasingly important cause of injury in the United States. In 2009 poison centers received 2,479,355 exposure reports, underscoring the role of poison centers in intentional and unintentional injury prevention. Antiretroviral (ARV) agents are commonly prescribed drugs known to cause toxicity, yet the frequency of these incidents is unknown. The objectives of this ...

Poison control centers hold great potential for saving health care resources particularly by preventing unnecessary medical utilization. We developed a four-question survey with three poisoning-related scenarios, based on common calls to our poison center, and one question regarding after-hours calls. We identified primary care provider offices in our poison center's region from an internet sea...