BfR app "Poisoning Accidents Among Children" receives German Prize for Online Communication
The mobile product “Poisoning Accidents in Children” was the BfR’s first ever app to be launched. Within five months after its release in August 2013, it had been downloaded 100,000 times. It offers background information on chemicals, drugs, plants and mushrooms that can lead to poisoning accidents in children and contains tips on how to prevent accidents. In case of emergency, parents and caregivers can find out, among other things, what the poisoning symptoms of a product are and what first aid measures must be taken. In the event of an emergency, a call to one of the nine competent German poison information centres can be made directly from within the app. Once installed on a mobile, the app can also be used without internet access, meaning that all information can be accessed anywhere, anytime. The smartphone app which is available for the operating systems Android and iOS can be downloaded from the relevant app stores free of charge.
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