§215.600. Quarterly Data Submission  


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  • 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.