Poisoning Data
Oregon Poison Center data
Oregon Poison Center data is obtained through a broad query of raw data from the Oregon Poison Center Data System and is not intended for scientific or research purposes. The use of our data for clinical or epidemiological decision making requires an understanding of the underlying premise by which we are able to collect data. Parties interested in our data should discuss the results with our leadership prior to using it.
Oregon Poison Center annual reports provide a high-level overview of poisoning trends in our service area over the past year and highlight the work of the poison center in the community. For older reports and additional data requests, please contact the poison center.
Ongoing studies involving Oregon Poison Center data
Blood analysis on non-fatal opioid-involved overdoses
OHSU and the Oregon Poison Center are one of the sites of this national study run through the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT) Toxicologic Investigators’ Consortium (ToxIC). The study analyzes blood from patients who have overdosed on opioids to detect what opioid is present and any adulterants or co-ingestions. View the data on the CDC's interactive website.
Urine drug screens at OHSU
This study tracks the drugs that are detected on urine drug screens at OHSU in Portland, OR in Tableau format from 2011 until the present. It is a rough estimate of the quantity of drugs that are being used in Oregon. It is easy to isolate individual drug types to see the trend. Of note, the opioid screen has decreased over time because of the increasing use of fentanyl (which does not show up on the opioid screen). Fentanyl was recently added and will start to be reflected in the next quarter. View the urine drug screen data on the interactive CESAR Drug Positive Trends webpage. View more information about the EDDS study and the OHSU site on the interactive CESAR webpage.
National poisoning data
Visit America's Poison Centers for more information on how to obtain national data.
America's Poison Centers data disclosure statement:
America's Poison Centers maintains the national database of information logged by US poison centers. Data are from self-reported calls; they reflect only information provided when the public or healthcare professionals report an actual or potential exposure to a substance (e.g., an ingestion, inhalation, or topical exposure, etc.), or request information/educational materials. Exposures do not necessarily represent a poisoning or overdose. The Association is not able to completely verify the accuracy of every report made to member centers. Additional exposures may go unreported to poison centers and data referenced from the association should not be construed to represent the complete incidence of national exposures to any substance.