Section 215.600  Quarterly Data Submission

 

The following data shall be collected by the Center and submitted to the Department, as a three-month total, by the 30th of the month following March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31.  The Department shall audit quarterly reports in response to a complaint if the complaint concerns information submitted in the report.

 

a)         Total Center encounters:

 

1)         Total poisonings,

 

2)         Information requests,

 

3)         Education requests.

 

b)         Age group of poison contact subject:

 

1)         Under 5 years old,

 

2)         5-12 years old,

 

3)         13-18 years old,

 

4)         19-30 years old,

 

5)         31 years old and over, or

 

6)         Unknown age.

 

c)         Substance encountered:

 

1)         Prescription medications,

 

2)         Over-the-counter medications,

 

3)         Veterinary medication,

 

4)         Household products,

 

5)         Insect/arachnid/reptile/animal bite/sting,

 

6)         Beauty aids/cosmetics,

 

7)         Plants,

 

8)         Pesticides,

 

9)         Hydrocarbon,

 

10)       Street drug, or

 

11)       Other.

 

d)         Routes of poison contact:

 

1)         Ingested,

 

2)         Inhaled,

 

3)         Skin contact,

 

4)         Bites/stings,

 

5)         Wound/puncture,

 

6)         Eye contact, or

 

7)         Other.

 

e)         Reason why contact occurred:

 

1)         Accident,

 

2)         Prescribed,

 

3)         Intentional,

 

4)         Recreational,

 

5)         Suicide,

 

6)         Industrial/work-related, or

 

7)         Other.

 

f)         Source of call:

 

1)         Local hospital,

 

2)         Clinic/physician office,

 

3)         Family/friend,

 

4)         Self, or

 

5)         Other.

 

g)         Initial Center treatment rendered:

 

1)         Instructed in home care, including follow-up calls and documented to private physician;

 

2)         Local medical facility or physician office advised in initial care of patient;

 

3)         After initial instructions, patient referred to local human poison control center;

 

4)         After initial instructions, patient referred to local hospital;

 

5)         Patient referred directly to private physician; or

 

6)         After initial instructions, patient referred to ophthalmologist.

 

h)         Final disposition of patients treated from subsections (g)(2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of this Section:

 

1)         Patient treated at medical facility and released;

 

2)         Patient treated at medical facility and admitted;

 

3)         Patient treated at medical facility and transferred to Regional Poison Control Center;

 

4)         Patient refused care recommendations;

 

5)         Death; or

 

6)         Unknown.

 

i)          Use of grant funds, if applicable.