Developing and maintaining quality in poisons information centers.

Abstract:

:The development of poisons information centers has in general complied with the actual needs and conditions in the society, and a pragmatic approach and limited funds have been characteristic for these units. To operate in a satisfying way a poisons information center is dependent on two cornerstones-a well educated and specifically trained staff on the one hand, and reliable, up-dated and easily manageable information sources on the other. Once a poisons information service has started to operate, it must more or less instantly launch a process to develop and continuously check the standards and the quality of the service. The European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) has for this purpose developed a self-assessment checklist, addressing and defining minimum and optimum standards to be considered when running a poisons information service [J. Toxicol. Clin. Toxicol. 39 (2001) 2226]. Items covered are poisons center operations, direction and management, education and training of staff, location of poisons centers, information sources, documentation of enquiries/cases, funding, publications and quality control.

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Toxicology

journal_title

Toxicology

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Persson H,Tempowski J

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10.1016/j.tox.2004.01.033

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Has Abstract

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2004-05-20 00:00:00

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263-6

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1-3

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0300-483X

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1879-3185

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S0300483X0400099X

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198

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