Role of Poison Information Centre in the Prevention and Management of Chemical Accidents

Abstract

The Poison Information Centre (PlC) in Zagreb is the only one in Croatia serving a population of about 4.5 million inhabitants. It provides a 24-hour telephone information service on the management of toxic exposures to medical professionals and the general public. From 1985 to 1999 the Centre registered a total of 4736 calls due to acute poisoning incidents or suspected poisonings. Figure 1 shows the breakdown of calls according to the cause in three 5-year periods: 1985-1989, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADP013400

Entities

People

  • Davor Plavec
  • Rajka Turk

Organizations

  • Institute for Medical Research

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Casualties
  • Chemical Warfare
  • Chemical Warfare Agents
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Emergencies
  • Health Services
  • Hospitals
  • Mass Media
  • Medical Personnel
  • Poisoning
  • Psychotropic Drugs
  • Technical Information Centers
  • Therapy
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

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