[Development and application of poison databank and poisonous animal and plants sample databank].
OBJECTIVE
To establish a comprehensive,easily approached, operated, and searched internet poison databank as to providing professional poison data and knowledge of effective treatment for those consented such as medical staff, and emergency response team in the shortest time.


METHODS
We established a computer poison databank, by adopting B/S structure, using SQL Server databank, and explore technology, in which all information may easily be explored and obtained by users.


RESULTS
The database integrated the information in relating to the substances identifiers, physical and chemical properties, toxicology data, clinical manifestation while intoxication, emergency response guides, effective treatment, anything related to the special antidotes, preventive measures, poison analysis, and manufacturers of chemicals, pharmaceuticals, herbs, pesticides, animal, plant, bacteria, fungi, productions and toxins. Otherwise some information about poison control organizations and experts, literatures about poison case reports, poison incidents, were also involved in the system, which can also provide a shortcut, convenient, and exact search.


CONCLUSIONS
The databank might be easily used on several fields, providing important information with acute poison incidents disposal and clinic treatment.
Yin
Yu
Y
National Institute of Occupational Health and Poison Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100050, China.
Jiang
Shao-Feng
SF
Cai
Jun
J
Luo
Tao
T
Xie
Li-Jing
LJ
Zhou
Jing
J
Sun
Cheng-Ye
CY
D000818:Animals; D000832:Animals, Poisonous; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D003628:Database Management Systems; D016208:Databases, Factual; D010944:Plants; D012984:Software