Poison Control Centres in Canada
Alberta
Poison and Drug Information Services
PADIS
Calgary, AB
1-800-332-1414 (within Alberta)
(403) 944-1414 (in Calgary, VOIP users, or outside of Alberta)
British Columbia
BC Drug and Poison Information Centre
DPIC
Vancouver, BC
1-800-567-8911(within British Columbia)
(604) 682-5050 (Greater Vancouver or outside British Columbia)
DPIC Antidote Stocking Guidelines
Manitoba
Manitoba Poison Control Centre
1-855-7POISON (1-855-776-4766)
Manitoba Poison Control Centre Antidote Stocking Recommendations
New Brunswick
Sykes Telehealth
Moncton, NB
911 (within New Brunswick)
Newfoundland
Poison Information Centre
The Janeway Child Health Centre
St. John’s , NL
(709) 722-1110
Northwest Territories
Poison and Drug Information Services
PADIS
Calgary, AB
1-800-332-1414
Nova Scotia
IWK Regional Poison Centre
Halifax, NS
1-800-565-8161 (within Nova Scotia)
(902) 470-8161 (Halifax or outside Nova Scotia)
IWK Poison Centre Antidote stock list
Nunavut
Baffin Regional Hospital
Iqaluit, NU
(867) 979-7350
Cambridge Bay (Ikaluktutiak) Health Centre
(867) 983-2531
Rankin Inlet (Kangiqliniq) Health Centre
(867) 645-2816
Ontario
Ontario Poison Centre / Centre anti-poison de l’Ontario
OPC
Toronto, ON
1-800-268-9017 (within Ontario)
(416) 813-5900 (greater Toronto area)
Ontario Poison Centre Antidote Stocking Recommendations
Prince Edward Island
IWK Regional Poison Centre
Halifax, NS
1-800-565-8161 (within Prince Edward Island)
(902) 470-8161
IWK Poison Centre Antidote Stock list
Québec
Centre anti-poison du Québec
CAPQ
Québec, QC
1-800-463-5060 (sans frais: Province de Québec)
Guide canadien des antidotes (Hydroxocobalamine)
Saskatchewan
Poison and Drug Information Services
PADIS
Calgary, AB
1-866-454-1212 (within Saskatchewan)
Yukon
Emergency Department
Whitehorse General Hospital
Whitehorse, YT
(867) 393-8700
Available App
App Name:
Canadian antidote guide
Antidote acute care toxicology
Designed for iPad
Courtesy of:
CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale
Free
App Description:
Quick reference guide used as an information resource for the majority of antidotes recommended by Canadian Poison Control Centres. The intended users are Canadian healthcare professionals.
For more information on this app, please visit The Canadian Antidote guide on the Apple Store.
Consultation with your poison centre is recommended.
Instructions for Use
For intravenous Use:
To be reconstituted with 200 mL of 0.9 % Sodium Chloride Injection
Complete Starting Dose: 5 g
- Reconstitute
Place the vial in an upright position.
Add 200 mL of 0.9% Sodium Chloride
Injection to the vial using the supplied
transfer device. - Mix
Repeatedly invert or rock the vial for at
least 60 seconds prior to infusion. - Infuse vial
Use supplied sterile intravenous tubing,
hang & infuse over 15 minutes.
One 5 g vial is a complete
starting dose.
