The Poison Center

The Environment Management hidusti y Association of Australia (EMIAA), 275 The Poison Center, 314, 318 The Poison Control Center, 312, 316 The Uranium Institute (UI), 266 Thermphos International B.V., 196 THF, 127... 

After consultation with the poison center, you conclude that this patient s condition is most likely due to inhibition of which of the following enzymes ... 

On the other hand, there are interesting statistics available from the poison center in London, about reported cases, where medical attention was required following ingestion of Psilocybe semilanceata. The numbers below show how many people received therapeutic treatment in Great Britain in a given year ... 

The PIC provides the best career opportunity for the pharmacist who is pursuing an interest in the discipline of clinical toxicology. While there are opportunities to practice clinical toxicology in acute-care settings such the emergency department or critical care unit, the poison center provides a variety of experiences from frontline work as a specialist in poison information to that of a poison center director. To best describe the opportunities for pharmacists, it is important to characterize U.S. poison centers. 

Each RPIC must have a director who is responsible for the daily administrative and clinical operation of the poison center. Additionally, the RPIC must have a medical director who is responsible for the medical oversight and direction of the center. The majority of RPIC directors are pharmacists (generally Pharm.D.s) and... 

The penetrance of a poison center or system in a region is defined as the number of human poison exposure cases handled per 1000 population per year. Penetrance is assumed to be most affected by the public s awareness of the appropriate use of the poison center. A certified poison center or system must demonstrate a minimum average penetrance of 7.0 throughout its service area. Poison centers and poison center systems should strive to achieve a penetrance of 12 to 15 throughout the region served, by increasing or maintaining awareness of poison center services. 

The managing director must be a nurse with a baccalaureate degree, associate degree, or three-year diploma a pharmacist or a physician or may hold a degree in a life science discipline if a diplomate of the American Board of Applied Toxicology. If the managing director is also the medical director, this person must have a full-time commitment to the poison center. 

Other Poison Information Providers. Other poison information providers must be qualified to understand and interpret standard poison information resources and to transmit that information understandably to both health professionals and the public. This requirement will be considered to be met if the person has an appropriate health-oriented background and has specific training and/ or experience in poison information sciences. While providers may be part-time staff or have a part-time commitment to the poison center, 100% of their time should be dedicated to poison center activities while assigned to the center. At all times, poison information providers must be under the on-site direction of a Certified Specialist in Poison Information, a qualified managing director, or the medical director these individuals may provide direction for no more than two poison information providers at one time. 

The candidate must be currently employed as a specialist in poison information. The specialist in poison information must have at least one year (2000 hours) of experience providing telephone poison center consultations and have handled an accumulated 2000 cases. The recommendation of the director of the poison center is required to be eligible to sit for the exam. 

Documentation of percent effort dedicated to poison center operation, primary department, number of hours worked in that department each week, duration of employment (in weeks), and annual call volume for the center. This documentation must be verified and signed by the poison center director. Any figures which clearly demonstrate 2000 hours of experience handling telephone poisoning consultations and sufficient time expended (based on the center s call volume) to have handled at least 2000 calls will be accepted. 

Kurt TL, Anderson R, Petty C, et al. 1986. Dinitrophenol in weight loss the poison center and public health safety. Vet Hum Toxicol 28(6) 574-575. 

In 1993, a retrospective study was conducted over 5 years at the Poison Center Philadelphia. It involved 96 cases of poisoning with Creolin , a disinfectant containing 26% phenol. This concentration is known to be potentially toxic, as it enhances penetration through keratolysis. Exposure was oral in 60 cases, dermal in 2 cases, and both oral and dermal in 12 cases. Only 1 case of inhalation was recorded. 

The Poison Center, 8301 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68114 Emergency Phone 402-390-5555 (Omaha), 800-955-9119 (NE WY)... 

In Sweden, the national ICE scheme is called ERC (Emergency Response Center). Under a formal agreement between the Swedish Chemical Industry Federation (Kemikontoret) and the Swedish Poison Information Center (GIC) in Stockholm, the center can be contacted in case of a chemical accident. The Poison Center provides only level-1 assistance. Information and advice are based on detailed knowledge of the health hazards of chemical products and appropriate first aid measures. The Poison Information Center has more than 30 year s experience in providing such advice, and chemical companies regularly supply them with updated information on their products. 

Local dermal reactions to deet have been reported as being responsible for the majority of symptomatic exposures in the Poison Center study. Apart from local irritation, cases in the literature report forms of allergic contact dermatitis, although these are likely to be rare. There was a series of early case reports of a more severe local contact dermatitis in servicemen who had applied deet before retiring and the exposed skin was occluded in the antecubital fossa. ... 

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