Impact of Mandatory Carbon Monoxide Alarms

An Investigation of the Effects on Detection and Poisoning Rates in New York City

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ID11032875
AuthorsKatherine Wheeler-Martin (0000-0002-6806-4233, Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. Prosser is with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Alex F. Manini is with the Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Elizabeth Marker and Marina Stajic are with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City. David Prezant is with the Fire Department...), Sari Soghoian (0000-0002-8767-6681, Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. Prosser is with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Alex F. Manini is with the Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Elizabeth Marker and Marina Stajic are with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City. David Prezant is with the Fire Department...), Jane M Prosser (Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. Prosser is with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Alex F. Manini is with the Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Elizabeth Marker and Marina Stajic are with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City. David Prezant is with the Fire Department...), Alex F Manini (0000-0001-8276-9320, Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. 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David Prezant is with the Fire Department...), Lewis S Nelson (0000-0001-9551-3922, Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. Prosser is with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Alex F. Manini is with the Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Elizabeth Marker and Marina Stajic are with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City. David Prezant is with the Fire Department...), Robert S Hoffman (0000-0002-0091-9573, Katherine Wheeler-Martin is with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY. Sari Soghoian is with the Division of Medical Toxicology, Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU School of Medicine, New York. Jane M. Prosser is with the Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York. Alex F. Manini is with the Mt Sinai School of Medicine, New York. Elizabeth Marker and Marina Stajic are with the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner New York City. David Prezant is with the Fire Department...)
Year2015
Volume105
Issue8
Pages1623-1629
Publication date2015-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
PublisherAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2015.302577
PMID26066948
OpenAlexW1880328649
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited10

Objectives. We sought to evaluate the impact of New York City’s (NYC’s) 2004 carbon monoxide (CO) alarm legislation on CO incident detection and poisoning rates. Methods. We compared CO poisoning deaths, hospitalizations, exposures reported to Poison Control, and fire department investigations, before and after the law for 2000 to 2010. Use of CO alarms was assessed in the 2009 NYC Community Health Survey. Results. Investigations that found indoor CO levels greater than 9 parts per million increased nearly 7-fold after the law (P Conclusions. Mandating CO alarms significantly increased the detection of potentially hazardous CO levels in NYC homes. Small numbers and detection bias might have limited the discovery of significant decreases in poisoning outcomes. Investigation of individual poisoning circumstances since the law might elucidate remaining gaps in awareness and proper use of CO alarms

Carbon monoxide poisoning · CO poisoning · Confidence interval · Environmental health · Incidence (geometry) · Injury prevention · Legislation · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Political science · Air Quality and Health Impacts · Chemistry · Demography · Heme Oxygenase-1 and Carbon Monoxide · Internal Medicine · Law · Medicine · Poisoning and overdose treatments

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