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WISER to be Discontinued
WISER to be Discontinued. NLM Tech Bull. 2023 Jan-Feb;(450):e4.
January 24, 2023 [posted]
February 28, 2023
[Editor's note added]
[Editor's note: The resource lists were updated, and more information was added regarding the WISER app and system.]
The Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) including the WISER website, WebWISER, and the standalone applications for Windows PCs, iOS app, and Android app, will be discontinued as of February 28, 2023. This change is part of the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) initiative to align and consolidate the Library's health information to make it easier for online health information seekers to find and navigate trusted health information curated by NLM. Users who have downloaded and installed the WISER app on a mobile device or downloaded the WISER system to a desktop computer will still have access, although the data will no longer be updated.
Similar functionality and information are available from other publicly available resources including:
- Chemical Companion (https://www.chemicalcompanion.org/), also known as Emergency Response Decision Support System (ERDSS), which is available as both a tablet app and downloadable software
- Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response’s (ASPR) Chemical Hazards Emergency Medical Management (CHEMM - https://chemm.hhs.gov/), available as downloadable software
- ASPR's Radiation Emergency Medical Management (REMM - https://remm.hhs.gov/), available as a mobile application
- Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Emergency Response Guidebook (https://www.phmsa.dot.gov/training/hazmat/erg/emergency-response-guidebook-erg), available as a downloadable document and a mobile application
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s CAMEO Chemicals (https://response.restoration.noaa.gov/cameochemicals), available as a mobile application and downloadable software
Other sources of Hazmat or Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) information:
- CDC’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry website (https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency's Interagency Modeling and Atmospheric Assessment Center website (https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/hazardous-response-capabilities/imaac)
- Department of Homeland Security’s Hazardous Materials Release website (https://www.dhs.gov/hazardous-materials-release)
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards [search for NIOSH Mobile Pocket Guide in the App Stores]
- PubChem – National Institutes of Health (NIH)/NLM
- NLM Data Distribution (data files for Hazardous Substances Data Bank [HSDB], ChemIDplus, etc.) – NIH/NLM
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