Department Information 
Poison Information Center

 

Subjects

Details

Name of the Department

  Poison Information Centre

Objectives

1.  To reduce morbidity and mortality from toxic exposures.

2.   To prevent poisoning through toxicovigilance

Functions of the Department

Established in the year 1993 with technical collaboration of IPCS/WHO, the Poison Information Centre provides toxicological information and consultation in acute poisoning other activities of the centre includes :

1.    Laboratory support in the acute poisoning cases

2.     Research

3.     Teaching and training

4.      Publication of information cards

5.      Toxicovigilance

 

Details of Scientific and Technical Staff

 

 

Name  Designation Email
Dr.Aruna Dewan, Dy.Director (Sr. Grade)   dewanaruna@yahoo.com
adewan@nioh.org 
Mr.Ashwinkumar B. Patel Sr.Research Officer    
Mrs. Ketki S. Shah Technical Assistant    
Mr. Ashvinkumar A. Pandya Technical Assistant    
Miss G.B.Jingar, Technical Assistant    
Mrs. Smita K. Patel Lab  Technician   
Shri B.S.Solanki Lab Attendant    

Laboratory facilities and Instruments

1.Besides the basic laboratory equipments like analytical balance, chemistry analyzer, deep freeze, etc., the laboratory also possesses  the laboratory equipments like  HPTLC, Desaga, Germany;

   UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Cary-100, Varian, Australia;

   Table Top cold centrifuge, Hettich 32 R, Germany.

Ongoing Projects

1. Pesticides poisoning database

2.Hazardous processes and chemicals-Database generation documentation and information dissemination

3.Environmental epidemiological study related to aerial spray on Endosulfan on cashewnut plantation in Kasargod Distrct of North Kerala.

4. Cholinesterase and paraoxonase patterns in organophosphate  (OP) poisoning.

Important Projects Completed

 Investigation of mass poisoning due to endosulfan at Jabalpur

International Programme (If any)

Global Pesticide Poisoning database

Publication and Research Reports

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Future Programmes

 Pesticide exposures in farm workers- Phase I – Chili cultivators of Gujarat

Miscellaneous information

 

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