Lead: The University of Sydney
The four Australian Poisons Information Centres (PICs) receive over 200,000 calls annually, providing a national service to healthcare professionals and the public. There is an urgent need for poisoning data to inform research and responses in a diverse range of areas, including drug safety, product safety, suicide & injury prevention, and paediatric poisonings. This project aims to create a real-time, secure Australian PIC dataset, that includes exposure, demographic, clinical and advice details, all of which will be a vital tool for public health surveillance and research.