Accidental Poisoning of Young Children

Swinscow, Douglas

doi:10.1136/adc.28.137.26

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“…It was first documented in the 1940s as the most common cause of poisoning death in children aged 1 to 4 years. 1 In the 8-year period from 1983 to 1990, it was the single most frequent cause of unintentional pharmaceutical ingestion fatality in children younger than 6 years, accounting for 30.2% of these events in the United States. 2 To address this problem, the US Food and Drug Administration proclaimed a regulation for unitdose packaging of iron supplements in 1997.…”

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Unit-Dose Packaging of Iron Supplements and Reduction of Iron Poisoning in Young Children

Tenenbein¹

2005

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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These are the first data that show a decrease in the incidence of nonintentional ingestion of a specific drug by young children and a decrease in mortality from poisoning by this drug after the introduction of unit-dose packaging. There was a decrease in the incidence of iron ingestion and a dramatic decrease in the number of deaths due to iron poisoning. This validates unit-dose packaging as an effective strategy for the prevention of iron poisoning and iron poisoning deaths in young children. This highly effective intervention should be considered for other medications with a high hazard for morbidity and mortality when taken as an overdose.

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Unit-Dose Packaging of Iron Supplements and Reduction of Iron Poisoning in Young Children

Tenenbein¹

2005

Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med

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“…Because the medical community has abandoned the use of boric acid‐containing products for topical administration or as irrigants, there have been few documented reports in the recent literature regarding borate poisonings (12). Currently, such poisonings occur almost exclusively in mobile toddlers due to the accidental ingestion of household poisons (18). However, boric acid poisoning has caused occasional accidental deaths in adults.…”

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Accidental Boric Acid Poisoning Following the Ingestion of Household Pesticide

Hamilton¹,

Wolf²

2007

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Borate-containing compounds were formerly used as topical antiseptics and were components of many medicinal preparations including skin powders and ointments used for the treatment of burns and diaper rash. These compounds were also used as irrigants for body cavities, including the pleural, vaginal, and rectal cavities. These applications were subsequently discontinued by the medical community when the toxicity and potential lethality of borates were recognized. Although documented cases of borate poisoning are now rare, the chemical is still an active component commonly used in high concentrations in household disinfectants/cleaners, pesticides, and wood preservatives. While the majority of documented borate-related deaths have occurred in infants, the toddler population is currently at risk due to possible exposure to these household products. We present the case of an 18-month-old child who died following the accidental ingestion of a boric acid-containing, commercially available roach pesticide product.

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“…Accidental poisoning arises from a wide variety of substances. Swinscow (1953), in a detailed analysis of deaths from accidental poisoning among children aged 1-4 during 1931-49, found that slightly over one-half of the deaths were due to medicaments and about one-quarter to household poisons. About one quarter of the medicaments were liniments of various kinds, and the remainder were mainly preparations which were regarded as harmless to adults even in large doses.…”

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