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Gac Med Mex 2011; 147 (4)

Phosphine poisoning in healthcare workers

Arredondo TF, Hurtado PMP, Castañeda BY

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 350-354
PDF size: 74.67 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Phosphine gas constitutes a potential and serious little-known cause of poisoning of professional nature of the medical staff and nursing care of patients who voluntarily swallow phosphides rodenticides purposes suicide. The objective of this paper is to inform to healthcare workers from urgencies, forensic and occupational health services on this occupational hazard. We present the case of a nurse who suffered from poisoning by gas phosphine confirmed through an environmental monitoring of gases in an emergency department carried out by the government service of civil protection of the State of Jalisco.


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