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The Clearinghouse was originally conceived to coordinate information flow among the then few Poison Control Centers. Services were to be provided through the state health departments where complete control over the individual state's poison centers was to reside. No authority to establish or regulate centers, or to set standards for staffing and operation of centers, or to designate regional centers was granted. However, growth in the numbers of centers, more sophistocation in the state of the art, more demands for product and human experience data, calls for research support, regionalization, standards setting, competency testing, and others has led to an increasing call for more and more Clearinghouse involvement in the entire poison control program. Though staffing and funding remains fairly constant, the Clearinghouse hopes to be as involved and to provide as great a service as possible to those involved in clinical toxicology and poison control.
信息交换所最初的设想是协调当时为数不多的中毒控制中心之间的信息流。服务将通过州卫生部门提供，因为州卫生部门将完全掌控各个州的中毒控制中心。该机构没有被授予建立或监管中毒控制中心的权力，也没有权力为中毒控制中心的人员配备和运营设定标准，或者指定区域中心。然而，中毒控制中心数量的增加、技术水平的提高、对产品和人类经验数据的更多需求、对研究支持、区域化、标准制定、能力测试等方面的需求，使得越来越多的人呼吁信息交换所在整个中毒控制项目中发挥更大的作用。尽管人员配备和资金基本保持不变，但信息交换所希望尽可能多地参与其中，并为临床毒理学和中毒控制领域的相关人员提供优质的服务。
