Unintentional poisoning in older Australians: a retrospective audit of New South Wales Poisons Information Centre data.

Introduction: Poisons information centres provide phone-based risk assessment and management advice on poisonings. Unintentional poisonings are a common reason for consulting a poisons information centre, and older adults are at increased risk of unintentional poisoning and adverse outcomes. We describe patterns of unintentional poisoning in older adults reported to a regional poisons information centre.