Poison Control Centers (PCC) provide immediate, free and expert treatment advice and assistance over the telephone in case of exposure to poisonous, hazardous or toxic substances. They can be called toll-free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. The US National Number is 1-800-222-1222. Your call will be routed to the PCC which covers your area.
Pharmacists, physicians, nurses, and poison information providers answer the phones.
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The law allows a poisoncontrolcenter to contract with an entity in another state to provide poisoncontrol services if the center is unable to provide poisoncontrol services 24 hours a day; or the entity in the other state provides the same poisoncontrol services.
Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2006 (2006) continues the West Virginia PoisonCenter, operated by West Virginia University and certified by the American Association of PoisonCenters (or a similar organization), and exempts it from hiring freezes affecting the university.
States that the center must provide twenty-four hour, seven day a week emergency telephone management and treatment referral; emergency telephone treatment recommendations for all types of poisonings, chemical exposures, drug overdoses and exposure to weapons of mass destruction; telephone follow-up for patients; surveillance of human poison exposures, and community education.
The poisoncenter staffs specially trained licensed pharmacists and nurses who provide emergency poisoning management advice to Kansas residents and health care professionals.
In 2002, eighty-two percent of poisoning cases were safely managed at home, and therefore did not need to be treated in an expensive emergency room.
The poisoncenter staff works closely with other members of the campus community and members from KUMC of various medical disciplines.
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