在COVID-19大流行期间,英国的毒理警
Nicholas Brooke1, Gillian Carter2, Pardeep Jagpal3
1UK Health Security Agency, Chemicals and Poisons, Radiation, Chemical, Climate and Environmental Hazards, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxford, OX11 0RQ, United Kingdom.
Toxicology research
|December 16, 2025
概括
由于COVID-19大流行,英国国家毒素信息服务 (NPIS) 的故意暴露电话减少,但有关牙止痛药和手部消毒剂的电话增加. 这些数据为公共卫生干预提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 流行病学 流行病学
背景情况:
- COVID-19 流行病带来了前所未有的公共卫生挑战.
- 了解中毒中心数据对于管理公共卫生危机至关重要.
- 英国 (UK) 国家毒素信息服务 (NPIS) 收集重要的毒素监测数据.
研究的目的:
- 评估COVID-19大流行对英国国家毒素信息服务 (NPIS) 查询数量的影响.
- 通过分析疫情期间中毒中心数据,为公共卫生干预提供信息.
- 在COVID-19封锁期间识别有毒暴露的趋势.
主要方法:
- 对2018-2020年英国毒药信息数据库 (UKPID) 电话查询的回顾性分析.
- 数据提取包括呼叫,患者和暴露特征.
- 首次全国封锁期间的调查数据与封锁前和控制期间的数据进行比较.
主要成果:
- 与封锁前 (26%) 和控制 (22.6%) 相比,封锁期间 (20.6%) 的故意暴露调查显著下降.
- 在封锁期间,有关牙止痛药 (5.15%) 和手部消毒剂 (92) 的询问显著增加.
- 对某些药品的调查没有显著增加;对于精油,甲醇,中国草药,抗胰岛素和漂白剂的摄入报告有限.
结论:
- 由于COVID-19大流行,封锁改变了报告给NPIS的有毒暴露模式.
- 毒品中心的数据为流行病期间的公共卫生干预提供了宝贵的见解.
- 毒理警报对于识别和应对公共卫生威胁至关重要.
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