National Poisons Information Centre

About us

The main function of the National Poisons Information Centre is to provide information to doctors and healthcare professionals to assist them in the management of acute poisoning.  Poisons may include pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, household products, industrial chemicals and plants.  Our telephone information service is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.  Our Poisons Information Officers answer enquiries between 8am and 10pm and night-time calls are automatically diverted to the UK National Poisons Information Service (at no extra cost to callers).  Calls are recorded and data stored electronically for quality assurance and training purposes.

Our second function is to collect and analyse epidemiological data on acute poisoning.  We produce an annual report each year and can provide more detailed data to regulatory authorities on request.

The Centre is also the contracting body for TOXBASE, an on-line clinical toxicology database used by hospital emergency departments and intensive care units.  We liaise with the database administrators to ensure that relevant Irish products are listed on TOXBASE.

Contact

Patricia Casey, Manager
Telephone:  01 8092566 or 01 8379964
E-mail:  npicdublin@beaumont.ie

Further information from the National Poisons Information Centre is available at www.poisons.ie.