Prevalence of sorbitol in multiple-dose activated charcoal regimens in emergency departments

✍ Scribed by Paul M Wax; Richard Y Wang; Robert S Hoffman; Maria Mercurio; Mary Ann Howland; Lewis R Goldfrank

• Book ID: 104310734
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1993
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 518 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6760
• DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)80406-8

✦ Synopsis

Study objectives: To determine the availability and use of premixed activated charcoal in sorbitol preparations during multiple-dose activated charcoal therapy in the emergency department.

Design and setting: A prospective telephone survey of all 911 receiving hospitals within the catchment area of one poison center.

Type of participants: Hospital pharmacy supervisors and ED charge nurses.

Intervention: Hospital pharmacy supervisors were surveyed about the available preparations of activated charcoal on their hospital's formulary, and ED charge nurses in these same hospitals were surveyed about the prevalence of sorbitol use in multiple-dose activated charcoal regimens.