title: [Recommendations for the prevention of poisoning].
abstract: Poisoning is the fifth leading cause of death from unintentional injury in the WHO European region, while Spain is in the group with a lower rate. Most involuntary poisonings occur in young children while they are at the home, due to unintentional ingestion of therapeutic drugs or household products. Of these, a large percentage is stored in non-original containers and/or within reach of children. In this article, the Committee on Safety and Non-Intentional Injury Prevention in Childhood of the Spanish Association of Pediatrics provides a series of recommendations, educational as well as legal, to prevent such cases.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urgencias de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario Cruces, Bilbao, España. Electronic address: santiago.mintegi@osakidetza.net.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mintegi
authors.affiliation: Atención Primaria, CS Barcelona, Móstoles, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Esparza
authors.affiliation: Dirección General de Tráfico, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: González
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Universitario de Getafe, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rubio
authors.affiliation: Atención Primaria, Distrito Almería, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cirugía Pediátrica, Hospital Infantil La Fe, Valencia, España.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vila
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital de Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, España.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Yagüe
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Salud Pública del Ayuntamiento de Madrid, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Benítez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006795:Household Products; D006801:Humans; D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations; D011041:Poisoning / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013030:Spain
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations
keywords: Childhood; Infancia; Intoxicaciones; Pediatrics; Pediatría; Poisonings; Prevención; Prevention