Annual report of Hong Kong Poison Information Centre

What is it about?

The Hong Kong Poison Information Centre (HKPIC) provides round-the-clock phone consultation service to health care professionals in Hong Kong for poison information and clinical management advice on poisoning since 2005. It also provides onsite clinical toxicology service to poisoned patients in United Christian Hospital where the centre is located. HKPIC also collects important poisoning epidemiological data in Hong Kong from voluntary poisoning reporting in Hospital Authority (HA). It also contributes to the development of clinical toxicology and emergency medicine by organizing regular local and overseas training activities. The mission of the HKPIC is to minimise the mortality and morbidity of poisoning by the provision of high-quality clinical toxicology service and to become one of the leading toxicology training centres in Asia-pacific region.

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Why is it important?

This annual reports provides the updated information in poisoning epidemiology and its changing trend in Hong Kong, focuses on the latest poisoning pattern and highlight some improtant poisoning cases in Hong Kong.