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Carbon monoxide (CO)
Advice and guidance on carbon monoxide (CO), and the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of CO poisoning.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colourless, odourless and tasteless gas, produced when fossil fuels such as gas, coal, coke and oil and other fuels burn without enough air.
Exposure to high indoor levels can be fatal, while exposure to lower levels can result in symptoms that resemble flu, viral infections or food poisoning.
For more information on CO poisoning, visit NHS.UK.
Diagnosis and management
- Carbon monoxide: health effects, incident management and toxicology
- Carbon monoxide (CO): antenatal checks algorithm for midwives
- Carbon monoxide (CO): algorithm for smoking cessation clinics
- Carbon monoxide (CO): algorithm to diagnose poisoning
- Carbon monoxide (CO): residential inspection aid
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
Published 4 March 2009