America's Poison Centers

All calls are answered by physicians, pharmacists, nurses, and other medical professionals with specific training in toxicology.

Poison Center services are accessible to all populations, including under-served and undocumented groups, and is available in over 150 languages.

Poison Center services are accessible to all populations, including under-served and undocumented groups, those speaking one of 150 languages and those utilizing telecommunication devices for the hearing-impaired (TDD/TTY).

More than 70 percent of all cases received by Poison Centers can be safely and effectively treated at home, without need for further medical care.

The public health and cost benefits from Poison Center pre-hospital management of patients not needing ED visits favorably impacts the self-pay or co-paying general public, the health-care institution supporting the costs of indigent care, the commercial insurance companies and governmental health-care funding agencies.