title: [Management and development of the dangerous preparation archive].
abstract: In the year 2000 an archive of dangerous preparations was created at the National Health Institute (Istituto Superiore di Sanità), following a principle included in the Directive 88/379/EEC on dangerous preparations, subsequently modified by the Directive 1999/45/EC, concerning the creation of a data bank on dangerous preparations in each European country. The information stored in the archive is useful for purposes of health consumer's and workers protection and prevention, and particularly in case of acute poisonings. The archive is fully informatised, therefore the companies can send the information using the web and the authorized Poison Centres can find the information on the archive using the web. In each Member State different procedures are in place to comply with the 1999/45/EC Directive; therefore an international coordination could be useful in order to create an European network of national data-banks on dangerous preparations.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ambiente e Connessa Prevenzione Primaria, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Roma. binetti@iss.it
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Binetti
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Longo
authors.forename: Luigia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scimonelli
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Costamagna
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005060:Europe; D006795:Household Products / Q000506:poisoning; D006801:Humans; D011039:Poison Control Centers; D011042:Poisons
chemical_list: D011042:Poisons