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National Poisons Information Centre. (2020) National Poisons Information Centre annual report 2019. Dublin: National Poisons Information Centre.

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In 2019 NPIC received a total of 11,835 enquiries representing a 10.5% increase on 2018

  • 97.3% enquiries related to human poisoning
  • 2.1% enquiries were for non-emergency information
  • 0.6% enquiries were about poisoning in animals
  • The busiest month was August
  • The busiest times of the day were from 4pm to 9pm 

Poisoning circumstances

  • 65.8% enquiries related to accidental poisonings
  • 18.8% enquiries were due to medication errors
  • 10.5% enquiries were for intentional poisonings
  • 1.2% enquiries related to recreational drug abuse
  • Circumstances were unknown for 1.6% enquiries
  • 0.4% enquiries concerned adverse reactions
  • 1.7% enquiries related to other circumstances 

Over 16,800 agents were involved in cases of human poisoning. 54% of all agents were drugs (including medications and drugs of abuse),

Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Harm reduction
Date
10 December 2020
Pages
27 p.
Publisher
National Poisons Information Centre
Corporate Creators
National Poisons Information Centre
Place of Publication
Dublin
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