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Quality Evaluation of Poison Control Information Systems: A Case Study of the DATATOX System

2016 IEEE 29th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2016
Poison Control Centres (PCCs) provide information and advise about poisoning, poisoning case management, and toxicovigilance activities. They are supported by information systems that help physicians and toxicologists to attend cases of patient exposure ...
J. M. Alves   +6 more
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Online social networking and US poison control centers: Facebook as a means of information distribution

Clinical toxicology, 2015
Background. Online social networking services such as Facebook provide a novel medium for the dissemination of public health information by poison control centers in the United States.
Kathy T Vo, C. Smollin
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The Pediatrician's Role in the Poison Control Movement and Poison Prevention

Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 1983
When Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote "To guard is better than to heal, the shield is nobler than the spear!" he must have had in mind the origin, many years later, of the poison control center movement. In 1952, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), through a survey by its newly appointed Committee on Accident Prevention, found that the most common ...
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Poison Control Centers and State-Specific Poisoning Mortality Rates

Medical Care, 2001
The purpose of this study was to compare poisoning mortality rates of states served by a poison control center certified by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) to those that are not served by a certified center because health policy has been based on certification status.Poisoning mortality rates from 1993 to 1997 were obtained ...
Grant W. Somes, Peter A. Chyka
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Child-Resistant Locks in Poison Control

Pediatrics, 1978
Three child-resistant locks were incorporated into a medicine cabinet, an under-the-sink cabinet, and a vanity box. Three hundred 3- to 5-year-old children were tested against these locks. Only two were able to open the receptacles, whereas all 50 of a group of adults and teenagers similarly tested were able to open all of the containers.
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Online Literature Retrieval in Poison Control

Clinical Toxicology, 1979
Modern bibliographic databases include an increasing number of substantial abstracts, as well as other features which contribute to their becoming useful additional tools in poison control. This paper is a contribution to the assessment of their respective value in providing rapid and up-to-date information about toxic effects of drugs and chemicals ...
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Shiitake dermatitis recorded by French Poison Control Centers – new case series with clinical observations

Clinical toxicology, 2014
Context. Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) is an edible mushroom which was initially grown in Japan and China and is now sold on the European market. Flagellate erythema may arise following shiitake consumption and was first described in Japan in 1974 ...
D. Boels   +7 more
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Medication errors reported to U.S. Poison Control Centers, 2000–2012

Clinical toxicology, 2014
Context. Previous studies of medication errors have largely focused on healthcare facilities and have not reported generalizable national trends among out-of-hospital medication errors. Objective. We sought to understand U.S. trends in medication errors,
T. J. Brophy   +5 more
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Pick Your Poison: What's New in Poison Control for the Preschooler

Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 2015
Accidental childhood poisonings are a major public health concern despite many efforts to alleviate this problem. While the rate of pediatric fatalities due to poisonings have decreased over the last two decades, poison control centers around the US have collectively fielded over one million calls with regard to toxic exposures in the preschool age ...
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Poison Control Revisited

Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association (1961), 1976
T R, Simpson, T R, Simpson
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