MdPoison.com
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Home Flash: Maryland Poison Center
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The Maryland Poison Center is certified by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) as a regional poison center providing poisoning triage, treatment, education, and prevention services to all Marylanders. This service is staffed by pharmacists and nurses, who have specialized clinical toxicology training, 24 hours a day, every day of the year. All of our specialists have been certified by the AAPCC as Specialists in Poison Information. On average, each specialist has over six years of experience managing poisoning and overdose cases. We have the best qualified, best trained staff available ALL the time in order to best meet the needs of the state.
In addition to the knowledge, skill, and experience of the Poison Specialists, the Director of the program is board certified in Clinical Toxicology and the medical director is boarded in Emergency Medicine as well as in Medical Toxicology. And, just to make sure we've got all the bases covered, we have additional specialized consultants available as well!
The mission of the Maryland Poison Center is to decrease the cost and complexity of poisoning and overdose care while maintaining and/or improving patient outcomes. We are continuing to work towards this mission by conducting research on the management of poisoning and overdose patients, through public education to try to prevent poisonings from occurring, by training health professionals (pharmacists, nurses, physicians, paramedics) in the management of poisoning and overdose care, and by working with the public health infrastructure in Maryland to help recognize poisoning challenges and working to respond to those challenges.
