Use of the online poisons information database TOXBASE and admissions rates for poisoned patients from emergency departments in England and Wales during 2008 to 2015.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The impact of poison information services on patient care in hospital, particularly decisions on whether to admit patients after initial attendance at an emergency department (ED), is unclear. In the United Kingdom, the vast majority of poisons information is provided by use of the online poisons information database, TOXBASE. We investigated the relationship between rates of hospital access to TOXBASE and rates of poisoning admissions from EDs in England and Wales to begin to address the interactions between use of poisons information and patient management as reflected by hospital activity.

Methods

Data were obtained on attendances and admissions due to poisoning for individual National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in both England and Wales, together with data on

SUBMITTER: Pyper K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7593423 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature