Missouri Poison Center Promotes National Poison Prevention Week

The Missouri Poison Center launched their National Poison Prevention Week highlighting poison awareness and safety. Topics this year focus on child safety and medicine.

St. Louis, United States – March 17, 2018 /PressCable/ —

St. Louis, Missouri (March 16, 2018)—The week of March 19-23 will present National Poison Prevention week in the U.S., when the country and the individual states observe the best practices to avoid poison. National Poison Prevention week (#NPPW) was started over 50 years ago by President John F. Kennedy, after the U.S. Congress requested that it become a nationally recognized series of days. It is currently maintained by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), which oversees the country’s 55 poison centers, one of which is the Missouri Poison Center. NPPW always falls on the third week of March, and the daily themes are often the same, with updates added if and when any discoveries in poison prevention occur.

The goal of NPPW is to raise the awareness of poison control on a community level through a sustained information campaign that is accessible to everyone. There are daily themes of National Poison Prevention Week, which can be seen on the official Facebook and Twitter pages of the Missouri Poison Center. The theme for Monday, March 19- Children Act Fast . . . So Do Poisons. Tuesday, March 20 -Poison Centers: Saving Time and Money. Wednesday, March 21 – The Risk of Poisonings Span a Lifetime. Thursday, March 22 – Home Safe Home. And last, Friday, March 23 – Medicine Safety.

The Missouri Poison Center doesn’t just promote poison control during the national week, however, but all year round. The organization encourages regular inspections of the household to find dangerous chemicals like cleaning products and pesticides to make sure they’re stored properly. The Missouri Poison Center offers assistance to Missouri residents at their hotline: 1-800-222-1222. The number is active 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Specialists are available if there is a chance someone has been poisoned, or simply for general inquiries about poison safety.

Missouri Poison Center

7980 Clayton Rd # 200, St. Louis, MO 63117

Contact Info:
Name: Julie Weber
Email: missouripoisoncenter@ssmhealth.com
Organization: Missouri Poison Center
Address: 7980 Clayton Road Suite 200, St. Louis, MO 63117, United States
Phone: +1-800-222-1222

For more information, please visit http://missouripoisoncenter.org/

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