 | | - For every dollar spent on poison center services, at least $7 is saved in overall health care costs. Poison Centers are extremely efficient! Poison center programs save more money than bicycle helmet programs, smoke detectors, even child safety seats!
- We are proud to say that we were the first regional poison center on the web (October 1994).
- When you contact the Maryland Poison Center, you're calling the experts. The staff of the Maryland Poison Center have over 100 years of cumulative poisoning case management experience.
- The Maryland Poison Center is staffed by dedicated pharmacists and nurses with additional training in clinical toxicology. These health care providers are certified by the American Associate of Poison Control Centers as Specialists in Poison Information (CSPI).
- The Maryland Poison Center is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each year, the Maryland Poison Center serves as a training site for a variety of health professionals including:
- Doctor of Pharmacy students
- Residents in emergency medicine, pediatrics, family practice and other specialties
- EMS providers
Got a poisoning question? Call the experts at the Maryland Poison Center! - click to view and print a Fact Sheet on the Maryland Poison Center
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