Clinical Toxicology
ISSN: 0009-9309 (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ictx18
National Center for Poison Information To cite this article: (1975) National Center for Poison Information, Clinical Toxicology, 8:1, 109-110, DOI: 10.3109/15563657508988051 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563657508988051
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National Center for Poison Information
The Rocky Mountain Poison Center W. 8th and Cherokee Streets Denver, Colorado
DENVER, CO. The practice of poison management has been elevated to a new level of sophistication by the recent introduction of a unique system called POISINDEX. The single-source, computer-generated system was introduced by Micromedex, Inc., under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center at Denver General Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical Center, and the National Center for Poison Infor mation. The new system offers physicians, hospitals, and emergency personnel the most current and complete poison information available, coupled with instant retrieval of the most advanced techniques in poison management and treatment Developed by, tested, and now installed as standard operating procedure in the Rocky Mountain Poison Center, the POISINDEX system features computer-generated data on more than 50,000 compounds, "eye-legibly'l indexed for a microfiche readout of any entry in an average access time of less than 25 sec. POISINDEX'S product information and treatment procedures are edited and totally reissued every quarter by a committee of practicing clinical toxicologists, physicians, and other experts, all actively engaged in the treatment of poison patients, who comprise the system's editorial review board. Included on the board are Editor, Barry H. Rumack, M.D., director of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center and assistant professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, and Associate 109
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Editors, John Doull, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Kansas City; Anthony Temple, M.D., director of the Intermountain Regional Poison Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; and William Robertson, M.D., Pediatrician and director of the Children's Hospital Poison Center, Seattle, Wash Special members of the review board are Mycology Editor, D. H. Mitchell, M.D., of Denver who is a world renowned authority on mushrooms, and James W. Hardin, Ph.D., editor for Poison Plants. Doctor Hardin is professor of Botany and Forestry at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and an authority on poisonous plants. POISINDM combines in one source all the information in multiple sources now being used by physicians and hospitals and adds the most up-to-date ingredient ratios and formulas from product manufacturers and drug companies who are cooperating with data never before divulged to poison centers. Each product in the system is individually indexed in three ways, alphabetically, numerically, and by all known names including manufacturers' names, brand and trade names, generic and slang terms, common misspellings and even products no longer manufactured o r with new names, to eliminate time consuming c r o s s referencing. Imprint codes of tablets and capsules are included as are color reproductions of poisonous plants and mushrooms which are identified and classified with their own specific treatments. In all cases, specific treatments are fully and clearly presented, and represent the most up-to-date managements compiled by the system's editorial review board. In addition to the existing compounds already indexed in the system, POISINDEX staff has an additional 300,000 new pieces of product data now being processed and evaluated. Each quarter's new issue of the system consists of a totally regenerated, cumulative index which includes tens of thousands of new compounds, all alphabetically and numerically integrated. Additional information on the POISINDM system may be received by writing POISINDEX, Micromedex, Inc., 2645 S. Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO 80223, o r by calling 303-777-1997.
ISSN: 0009-9309 (Print) (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ictx18
National Center for Poison Information To cite this article: (1975) National Center for Poison Information, Clinical Toxicology, 8:1, 109-110, DOI: 10.3109/15563657508988051 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563657508988051
Published online: 25 Sep 2008.
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Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=ictx18 Download by: [Australian National University]
Date: 05 November 2015, At: 22:36
CLINICAL TOXICOLOGY 8(l), pp. 109-110 (1975)
Downloaded by [Australian National University] at 22:36 05 November 2015
NEWS ITEM
National Center for Poison Information
The Rocky Mountain Poison Center W. 8th and Cherokee Streets Denver, Colorado
DENVER, CO. The practice of poison management has been elevated to a new level of sophistication by the recent introduction of a unique system called POISINDEX. The single-source, computer-generated system was introduced by Micromedex, Inc., under the auspices of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center at Denver General Hospital and the University of Colorado Medical Center, and the National Center for Poison Infor mation. The new system offers physicians, hospitals, and emergency personnel the most current and complete poison information available, coupled with instant retrieval of the most advanced techniques in poison management and treatment Developed by, tested, and now installed as standard operating procedure in the Rocky Mountain Poison Center, the POISINDEX system features computer-generated data on more than 50,000 compounds, "eye-legibly'l indexed for a microfiche readout of any entry in an average access time of less than 25 sec. POISINDEX'S product information and treatment procedures are edited and totally reissued every quarter by a committee of practicing clinical toxicologists, physicians, and other experts, all actively engaged in the treatment of poison patients, who comprise the system's editorial review board. Included on the board are Editor, Barry H. Rumack, M.D., director of the Rocky Mountain Poison Center and assistant professor of Pediatrics and Medicine, University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver, and Associate 109
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Editors, John Doull, M.D., Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Kansas, Kansas City; Anthony Temple, M.D., director of the Intermountain Regional Poison Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake City; and William Robertson, M.D., Pediatrician and director of the Children's Hospital Poison Center, Seattle, Wash Special members of the review board are Mycology Editor, D. H. Mitchell, M.D., of Denver who is a world renowned authority on mushrooms, and James W. Hardin, Ph.D., editor for Poison Plants. Doctor Hardin is professor of Botany and Forestry at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, and an authority on poisonous plants. POISINDM combines in one source all the information in multiple sources now being used by physicians and hospitals and adds the most up-to-date ingredient ratios and formulas from product manufacturers and drug companies who are cooperating with data never before divulged to poison centers. Each product in the system is individually indexed in three ways, alphabetically, numerically, and by all known names including manufacturers' names, brand and trade names, generic and slang terms, common misspellings and even products no longer manufactured o r with new names, to eliminate time consuming c r o s s referencing. Imprint codes of tablets and capsules are included as are color reproductions of poisonous plants and mushrooms which are identified and classified with their own specific treatments. In all cases, specific treatments are fully and clearly presented, and represent the most up-to-date managements compiled by the system's editorial review board. In addition to the existing compounds already indexed in the system, POISINDEX staff has an additional 300,000 new pieces of product data now being processed and evaluated. Each quarter's new issue of the system consists of a totally regenerated, cumulative index which includes tens of thousands of new compounds, all alphabetically and numerically integrated. Additional information on the POISINDM system may be received by writing POISINDEX, Micromedex, Inc., 2645 S. Santa Fe Drive, Denver CO 80223, o r by calling 303-777-1997.
