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Study on the harmonisation of the information to be submitted to poison centres, according to article 45 (4) of the EC regulation No. 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation)
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Study on the harmonisation of the information to be submitted to poison centres, according to article 45 (4) of the EC regulation No. 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation)

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This report details a project undertaken for the European Commission by Amec Foster Wheeler and the National Chemical Emergency Centre UK (NCEC) on a ‘study on the harmonisation of the information to be submitted to Poison Centres, according to article 45 (4) of the EC regulation No. 1272/2008 (CLP Regulation)’. Article 45 of the EU Regulation on the classification, labelling and packaging of chemicals (CLP) (EC) No. 1272/2008)) and Article 17 of Directive 1999/45/EC (Dangerous Preparations Directive) place a requirement on the EU Member States to appoint a body (or bodies) responsible for receiving information on preparations/mixtures considered dangerous/hazardous on the basis of their health or physical effects. These appointed bodies often known as ‘Poison Centres’, provide a valuable service as part of national health care systems; relaying detailed information on health effects of chemicals within specific products during emergency incidents. Poison Centres play an instrumental role in the safe use of chemicals. In case of exposure to hazardous chemicals, they provide medical advice to general consumers and physicians. It has been estimated through contact with the EU Poison Centres that on average these services receive and treat 600,000 calls per year (almost 1700 calls per day, mostly related to child exposure) and the number of fatalities related to chemical exposure is more than 400 per year. Poison Centres also have a vital role early within an incident to critically assess the severity of the case and the appropriate medical treatment needed. In cases of low severity incidents the Poison Centres across the EU have therefore also contributed to reducing unnecessary medical treatment or hospitalisation of patients where otherwise they would have been referred.
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ISBN 978-92-79-35803-6
DOI 10.2769/90437
Katalognummer NB-04-14-131-EN-N
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ISSN ISBN 978-92-79-35803-6 DOI 10.2769/90437 Katalognummer NB-04-14-131-EN-N
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