1. Nationally Certified Center
2. Services Provided to the general public:
- Staffed 24 hours/day by poison specialists (licensed nurses
trained in clinical toxicology)
- Board-Certified Physician Toxicologists
- Immediate information:
- Emergency Care & Treatment
- Hazardous Materials
- Location of Unusual Antidotes
- Follow-up calls to patients
- Education programs for parents, children and other interested
community groups.
- Information on drug interactions
- Expert consultations for more complex poisoning cases
- Comprehensive computerized information resources
3. Professional Education – Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacists
- Expert consultations for more complex poisoning cases
- Toxicology conferences (CME and CEU offered)
- Offer CME and CEU via the Internet on this Web site (click on the Professionl Education
"button"
- Participate in on going research studies.
4. STATISTICS AND EPIDEMIOLOGICAL INFORMATION
- Reports on specific questions available (in accordance with confidentiality policy
restrictions of the center)
- Annual reports on Poisoning in Kentucky
