Mission and function

    The mission of GDPCC is to reduce the morbidity and mortality due to poisoning through the measures of prevention and treatment. To support this mission, the center has a wide range of functions as follows:

·Response and investigation for chemical accidents

·Diagnosis and therapy of poisoning diseases

·Information collection on chemical toxicants and antidotes

·Chemical analysis and toxicological test

·Scientific research on poisoning-related subjects

·Training and education on occupational safety and health promotion

·24-hour hot line on duty and free consultation

Organization and management structure

·General office

·Department of Logistics

·Clinical Department

·Laboratory of Toxicological Test

·Laboratory of Chemical Analysis

Personnel and equipments

    There are 242 scientists in the Center, including 43 high-ranking specialists (professors or associate professors), 74 doctors or technicians in-charge. The Center occupied an area of more than 20,000 m2 and has 200 beds for inpatients in the ward. First-aid facilities are available for emergency treatments, including intensive care unit (equipped with ventilators, monitors and apparatus for hemodialysis and hemoperfusion) and 4 ambulances (equipped with mobile first-aid apparatus). In support of center's mission, the laboratories are equipped with advanced apparatus for biological and chemical analysis, including gas chromatograph/mass selective detector, liquid chromatograph, atom-absorb spectrophotometers, gas spectrophotometers, full automatic blood biochemistry analyzer and so on.

Achievements

    Since 1997,more than 400 cases of different kinds of chemical poisoning caused by trichloroethylene, n-hexane, organo tin, hydrogen arsenide, lead, mercury, vanadium pentoxide, bromomethane, benzene, hydrogen sulfide,3-fluorophenol, cigua-toxic fish, insecticide and rodenticide have been successfully cured in the Center, including 3 case of taking more than 40 ampules of fluoroacetamide and a case of hydrogen arsenide poisoning with acute renal failure and anuria for more than 60 days. Some severe cases of chemical poisoning such as more than 60 cases of aplastic anemia caused by benzene poisoning, and about 70 cases of trichloroethylene exfoliative dermatitis were saved, also more than 60 cases of rodenticide poisoning were rescued since the Center was established with a zero mortality rate for rodentcide poisoning.

    The GDPCC believes that her professional work on preventing and treating disease, injury and disability caused by chemical poisoning not only can save lives and promote health but also can reduce the cost of social health care.