TOXICALL® is a poison control center call database software that is designed to make case entry, tracking and reporting easy, yet flexible.
TOXICALL® uses four databases: ToxiSys, ToxiUser, ToxiNet and ToxiLoc. The ToxiSys database holds information about your system tables that contain information maintained only by TOXICALL®. The ToxiUser holds information about your system tables that can be modified by users. The ToxiNet is your network database and is connected to by all users on your system to maintain a central repository of cases. The ToxiLoc is the local database. The local database is used for adding, modifying and reviewing cases. When a case is opened on the local database, it will show as locked on the network database so that other users cannot attempt to make changes to a case that someone else is modifying, thus ensuring data integrity.
The ToxiSys and ToxiLoc databases will always be Access97 or Access2000 (see later discussion on the differences between these versions). The ToxiUser and Toxinet databases can be Access97, Access2000, SQL Server 7, SQL Server 2000, or SQL Server 2005. For more information on the features of these database types, please visit Microsoft’s website at www.microsoft.com.
Three other files of importance are the toxicall.ini, autoupload.ini and TX000nnn.ini (where nnn represents your three digit center code). The toxicall.ini file holds the specific configuration information for that particular machine. The options for this file will be discussed in more detail later in this manual. The autoupload.ini file will be located on your machine that has Autoupload installed. This file sets up Autoupload and defines its connection information, including your center’s login and password for scanning out cases to the AAPCC, and which database it should search for unscanned cases. This file will be discussed more in the Scanning Out/Scanning In chapter later in this manual. The TX000nnn.ini file is the license file. On the server (wherever you have located your Toxinet.mdb, or Toxisys.mdb if you are running SQL), this file contains all the license codes and keys for your site. This is the file that you will send to TOXICALL® Technical Support when you need to update your licenses.
When you update custom information for any of the dropdowns, such as the SPI List or the Health Care Facilities List, you are making this change through a system table. Most system tables allow custom entries. System tables will be discussed in further detail in the System Tables chapter in this manual.