Citation

Mintegi S, Esparza MJ, Gonzalez JC, Rubio B, Sanchez F, Vila JJ, Yagüe F, Benítez MT. An. Pediatr. 2015; 83(6): 440.e1-4405.

Vernacular Title

Recomendaciones sobre la prevención de intoxicaciones.

Affiliation

Instituto de Salud Pública del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, España.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Asociacion Espanola de Pediatria, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.anpedi.2015.01.003

PMID

25702816

Abstract

Poisoning is the fifth leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the WHO European region, while Spain is in the group with a lower rate. Most involuntary poisonings occur in young children while they are at the home, due to unintentional ingestion of therapeutic drugs or household products. Of these, a large percentage is stored in non-original containers and/or within reach of children. In this article, the Committee on Safety and Non-Intentional Injury Prevention in Childhood of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics provides a series of recommendations, educational as well as legal, to prevent such cases.

Language: es