Poison Treatment Centre

Expertise & Facilities

• PWHPTC is capable of providing sophisticated poisoning treatment.
• The experience and expertise of the multidisciplinary team led by a consultant physician (clinical pharmacologist and toxicologist) and adopting a systematised approach will help ensure the quality of clinical service.
• As expected for a specialised poison treatment centre, PWHPTC is staffed and equipped to provide supportive as well as specific care for patients with poisoning.
• PWHPTC has the facilities to perform gastrointestinal decontamination.
• PWHPTC has the antidotes required for specific treatment of poisoning in Hong Kong.
• PWHPTC has the facilities to perform enhanced elimination of poisons from the body, using charcoal haemoperfusion and haemodialysis.
• PWHPTC is well supported by various clinical disciplines.
• PWHPTC has easy access to various electronic databases on poison management.  It will continue updating the acute care protocols and expanding its collection of key reference texts and articles.
• The Accident & Emergency Department will provide the initial assessment and treatment of patients with acute poisoning.
• The Intensive Care Unit, the High Dependency Unit, the Renal Unit and the Coronary Care Unit will provide the supportive and specific care to patients with poisoning, whenever necessary.
• PWHPTC will be closely connected with the Hong Kong Poison Information Centre, Hospital Authority Toxicology Reference Laboratory and Toxicovigilance Section of the Department of Health.