Abstract

MEDEROS GOMEZ, Adriana; LARA FERNANDEZ, Héctor Lázaro; MIRANDA GOMEZ, Osvaldo  and  ODUARDO LORENZO, Mario. Surveillance subsystem for mass poisonings and chemical disasters. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2014, vol.13, n.5, pp. 769-781. ISSN 1729-519X.

Introduction: toxic surveillance is an active process for the identification and assessment of the risk as well as measures taken to reduce or eliminate such risks. Since 1988 surveillance actions have been carried out at CENATOX (National Center of Toxicology). Since 1988, CENATOX have done actions for surveillance but until there are real knowledge problems in relation to the behavior of poisonings in our country. Objective: to design an integrate system of toxic-surveillance like a fundamental tool for developing the Toxicology in Cuba. Material and Methods: a developing research with the aim to set a surveillance system that allows the collection, analysis and interpretation of outbreak acute poisonings and chemistry _ radiological disaster in our country. It was used the National Public Health Methodology to surveillance systems and were designed two sub systems of surveillance: Mass poisoning / chemical disaster and acute poisonings. Results: the two subsystems were designed in which are described: generalities, goals to surveillance, components and system´s attribute, sub system and information flow. Conclusions: a toxic _ surveillance subsystem was designed and are composed by two subsystem (chemical _ radiological disasters and acute poisonings) to be implemented in National network ofanti- toxic Centers belonging to the Public Health Ministry as a fundamental tool for developing the Toxicology in Cuba.

Keywords : Toxic surveillance; system; toxicological consultation; toxicology; chemical disasters.

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