Blanc P D, Maizlish N, Hiatt P, Olson K R, Rempel D
Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine.
West J Med. 1990 Feb;152(2):181-4.
In a study of occupational illness reported to a regional poison control center and to gauge the center's outreach and services, we did follow-up interviews of 301 case contacts over a 6-month period. We ascertained referral routes, reasons for contacting the poison control center, and awareness of the center's function. For 122 cases a nonphysician was the initial poison control center contact. Of the nonphysician contacts, 41 had already consulted a health care provider and been referred to the poison control center for assistance. Of the 70 persons with exposure, only 21 had been aware before their exposures that poison control center services might include occupational chemical illness consultation. Physicians and nonphysicians expressed similar reasons for contacting the poison control center, with 118 of 301 identifying the need for an exposure hazard risk assessment. These data suggest that although those contacting a poison control center because of occupational illness include a variety of cases, they have many similar service needs.
在一项针对向地区毒物控制中心报告的职业疾病以及评估该中心的宣传推广和服务的研究中，我们在6个月的时间里对301名病例联系人进行了随访访谈。我们确定了转诊途径、联系毒物控制中心的原因以及对该中心功能的认知情况。在122例病例中，最初与毒物控制中心联系的是非医生人员。在这些非医生联系人中，有41人已经咨询过医疗服务提供者，并被转介到毒物控制中心寻求帮助。在70名接触者中，只有21人在接触之前就已经意识到毒物控制中心的服务可能包括职业化学疾病咨询。医生和非医生联系毒物控制中心的原因相似，301人中有118人表示需要进行接触危害风险评估。这些数据表明，尽管因职业疾病而联系毒物控制中心的人包括各种病例，但他们有许多相似的服务需求。
