Poisoning surveillance and creation of protocol for the treatment of rare poisons in a private corporate hospital.

A survey on the incidence of poisoning was conducted at Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute, Porur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The retrospective study by the Drug/Poison Information Center on incidence of poisoning in the department of Accident and Emergency Medicine indicated the requirement of treatment protocols for some rare poisons. Hence, the Drug/Poison Information Center developed and introduced the “Protocol for the Treatment of Rare Poisons” to the physicians of various departments and their response to the protocol was collected in the feedback form. Analysis of the feedback data revealed that the protocol was well appreciated by the physicians involved in the study.