Use of routine health  data to complement monitoring of consumer product-related injuries

McKenzie, Kirsten; Barker, Ruth A; Scott, Deborah A; Strachan, Dave A

doi:10.5694/mja11.11095

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To the Editor: Health data can have an important role in alerting product safety regulators to consumer product-related injuries. Such injuries are a significant public health concern, with an estimated 173 000 incidents occurring each year in Australia, many of which require medical treatment.1

Kirsten McKenzie¹
Ruth A Barker²
Deborah A Scott¹
Dave A Strachan³

1 National Centre for Health Information Research and Training, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
2 Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit, Mater Health Services, Brisbane, QLD.
3 Office of Fair Trading, Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Brisbane, QLD.

Correspondence: k.mckenzie@qut.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

Our work was supported by a Queensland Injury Prevention Council grant, with in-kind industry partner support from the Queensland Office of Fair Trading Product Safety Unit.

Competing interests:

No relevant disclosures.

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