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  • Title: Ten years of latrogenic intoxications from the Spanish poison control center.
    Author: Ballesteros S, Ramón F, Martínez-Arrieta R, Larrotcha C, Cabrera J.
    Journal: Vet Hum Toxicol; 2003 Mar; 45(2):93-4. PubMed ID: 12678297.
    Abstract:
    Iatrogenic incidents involving drugs are the main type of nosocomial intoxications reported to the Spanish Poison Control Center. We examined 231 such incidences from January 1991 to December 2000; 46.1% were route errors, 42.4% overdoses and 7.3% administration to the wrong patient. The most important cause of error in hospitals and dentist consults was route confusions and overdoses in primary health care units. In 56.2% of the dose errors the patient was a child < 2y old in a pediatric inpatient setting, involving the iv route; the common administered drugs were anti-infectives, anticoagulants, analgesics and sedatives. Poison Control Centers have an important role in the prevention of iatrogenic intoxications.
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