More and more people are calling the emergency number due to poisoning
Published: Tuesday, Oct 15th 2024, 10:00
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More and more people are calling the emergency number due to poisoning. Advice was most frequently sought on medicines and household products, and most of those affected were children and young people. These are the findings of the Tox Info Suisse Foundation's 2023 annual report.
On average, 113 people per day called the emergency number 145 to seek advice from Tox Info Suisse in the event of poisoning. This was 1.7 percent more last year than in 2022, as the foundation announced on Tuesday.
Tox Info Suisse provided 41,263 consultations in 2023. In 95% of the cases, it concerned poisoning in humans, while the remainder involved poisoning in animals. Seventy percent of inquiries came from the general public and 20 percent from medical professionals, with the remainder coming from other sources.
Most poisonings occurred in the home environment, through medication, stimulants, drugs and alcohol. According to Tox Info Suisse, there were seven deaths last year, all among adults.
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