Importance Since the accidental introduction of yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax) in France 2004, there have been reports this insect unexpectedly projecting a liquid toward human face, but ocular morbidity associated with is unknown, to our knowledge. Objective To describe case series lesions after exposure projection emitted by hornet. Design, Sett...

BACKGROUND Poisoning continues to be an important public health problem in the US. In 1995, 2 million human poison exposures were reported to all poison centers in the US. Hospital emergency department data may be used to examine the most critical nonfatal poisoning exposures. METHODS Data from the 1993-1996 National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, which is a national probability sam...

STUDY OBJECTIVE Crotalidae polyvalent immune Fab (ovine) (CroFab; FabAV) effectively treats patients bitten by rattlesnakes. The copperhead snake (Agkistrodon contortrix) caused 37% of venomous snakebites reported to US poison centers in 2001 and is the major envenomating reptile in the southeastern United States. FabAV has not been tested in human beings envenomated by copperhead snakes. MET...

BACKGROUND There is evidence from 2 previous meta-analyses that interventions to promote poison prevention behaviours are effective in increasing a range of poison prevention practices in households with children. The published meta-analyses compared any intervention against a "usual care or no intervention" which potentially limits the usefulness of the analysis to decision makers. We aim to u...

Poisons have long been used to kill wildlife throughout the world. An evolution has occurred from the use of plant- and animal-based toxins to synthetic pesticides to kill wildlife, a method that is silent, cheap, easy, and effective. The use of pesticides to poison wildlife began in southern Africa, and predator populations were widely targeted and eliminated. A steep increase has recently bee...

To the Editor: Bassett et al. (June 5 issue)1 describe a case of a child who was poisoned by e-cigarette refill liquid. In California, we have also seen a dramatic increase in telephone calls to poison control centers because of exposures to nicotine solution; there were 35 total cases of exposure in the period from 2010 through 20122 and 105 cases in 2013 alone. In 2013, exposure to nicotine r...

The system used in the Marseilles Poison Control Center is discussed. Input of data on a daily basis and uses of these data for emergency (evaluation of a toxic situation) or for non-emergency (statistics, toxicity files) work is reviewed.

Limitations of retrospective analyses R.S. Hoffman Poison centers provide poison prevention and safety information, professional education, and assistance with the diagnosis and treatment of poisoning. These invaluable efforts are linked to medically and legally mandated record keeping, which entails continuous and archived collection of data over time. Surrounded by gigabytes of information re...