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Improving Detection of Call Clusters through Surveillance of Poison Center Data
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to conduct surveillance of calls to United States PCs. PCs provide triage and treatment advice for hazardous exposures through a free national hotline.… read more -
Surveillance for Radiation-Related Exposures Reported to the National Poison Data System
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For radiological incidents, collecting surveillance data can identify radiation-related public health significant incidents quickly and enable public health officials to describe the characteristics of the affected population and the magnitude of… read more -
Evaluation of Exposure-Type Stratification to Improve Poison Center Surveillance
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) uses the National Poison Data System (NPDS) to conduct surveillance of calls to United States poison centers (PCs) to identify clusters of reports of hazardous exposures and illnesses. NPDS stores… read more