Calling the BRPC
Calling the poison center is easy. Simply dial 1-800-222-1222 to speak with a poison specialist.
The poison center also receives calls from various health care professionals. Health care professionals can call to consult with our medical toxicology physicians on poisoned patients. The poison specialists at the Blue Ridge Poison Center not only handle calls regarding exposures, but also answer information questions about medicines, plants, pesticides, household products, poisonous animals, and other chemicals. In addition, you can call to schedule a poison prevention education program for your community! All calls to the poison center play an important role in important injury data collection. Data from calls, with all personal identifiers removed, is forwarded to our national organization, the American Association of Poison Control Centers. United States poison center data is used to track poisoning trends. The annual report of this data collection is published in the November issue of Clinical Toxicology. |