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Poison Prevention Information

Poisonings are easier to prevent than to treat. Every day, the Oklahoma Poison Control Center receives calls from distraught parents, grandparents, caregivers and babysitters who didn't think a poisoning could happen to their loved one. Unfortunately, children are at a greater risk for a poisoning exposure because of their natural curiosity to explore the world. Toddlers tend to touch everything and once they pick something up - it goes straight to their mouth. It can take less than a second for a child to drink or eat a poison that could be life threatening. Children's bodies are physically less able to tolerate toxic chemicals.

It only takes a minute to educate yourself about how to prevent a poisoning in your home.

• Poison Prevention Week
• Prevention Tips
• Home Check List
• What if a Poisoning Happens to You?
• Is Your Purse or Diaper Bag a Deadly Weapon?
• Carbon Monoxide Fact Sheet
• Food Poisoning Fact Sheet
• Head Lice Fact Sheet
• Herbal Products and Prescription Medicine
• Look-a-like Products
• Nicotine Fact Sheet
• Information to Leave with the Babysitter
• Poisonous Plants
• Poison Summer Safety IQ Test

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The Oklahoma Poison Control Center web site is provided free of charge to the public as an informational and educational tool. This web site is NOT intended as a substitute for a consultation with the Oklahoma Poison Control Center. The center is a statewide program operated by The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy and is located within the Children's Hospital at the OU Health Sciences Center. Our pharmacists and nurses are specially trained poison experts available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.