America’s Poison Centers Member

America's Poison Centers represents 55 poison centers across the country. Through the national Poison Help line, 1-800-222-1222, poison centers provide all Americans expert advice from nationally accredited medical specialists and maintain the nation's only near real-time poisoning data surveillance system. Together, America's Poison Centers ensure a national quality standard for the detection, prevention and treatment of poison-related health emergencies.

America's Poison Centers:

• Provides accreditation for the nation's 55 poison centers.
• Certifies poison center staff and provides continuing education opportunities.
• Works with Congress and federal agencies to drive statutory, regulatory and voluntary standards changes to positively impact public health and safety.
• Conducts toxicosurveillance in collaboration with federal agencies.
• Owns and maintains the National Poison Data System
• Produces annual reports on poison data and provides custom data reports from NPDS.
• Oversees national partnerships related to poison prevention education.
• Co-hosts the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, the leading national eventon toxicology issues and topics.
• Partners with the American Academy of Clinical Toxicology and European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists to issue the associations’ official journal: Clinical Toxicology.

For additional information please visit AAPCC.org/About.