The National Capital Poison Center, founded in 1980, is an independent, private, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization and an accredited poison center. Its nurse and pharmacist Certified Specialists in Poison Information provide 24/7 telephone guidance for poison emergencies, free of charge. It also provides online guidance for poison emergencies through the webPOISONCONTROL tool (www.webpoisoncontrol.org), health professional education in toxicology, and poisoning prevention education.
Service focuses on the metro DC area with a national scope for projects such as webPOISONCONTROL and The Poison Post® (www.poison.org/the-poison-post).
The mission of National Capital Poison Center is to prevent poisonings, save lives, and limit injury from poisoning. In addition to saving lives, Poison Control decreases health care costs for poisoning cases. In 2015, the 55 U.S. poison control centers provided telephone guidance for nearly 2.2 million human poison exposures.
Company Details
- Employees
- 21
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 3201 New Mexico Ave Nw # 310, Washington,dc 20016,united States
- Industry
- Hospitals And Health Care
- NAICS
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Health Care and Social AssistanceSocial Assistance
- Website
- http://www.poison.org
- Keywords
- Poison prevention, Poison emergencies, webPoisonControl, Public health education, Health professional education in toxicology, 24 hour telephone guidance for poison emergencies, Online guidance for poison emergencies, Hazard detection and elimination, Surveillance, Toxicology, Product Safety.
- HQ
- Washington, DC
National Capital Poison Center Questions
National Capital Poison Center's website is http://www.poison.org
National Capital Poison Center's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/poisoncontrol
National Capital Poison Center has
21 employees.
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employees at National Capital Poison Center.
National Capital Poison Center's industry is
Hospitals and Health Care
National Capital Poison Center's top competitors are
Maryland Poison Center,
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Prime Therapeutics,
Ivy (In Recovery) Lab,
Florida Poison Information Center-Tampa,
Washington Poison Center,
Canmore Company,
America's Poison Centers,
Genentech,
Rxmapper.
National Capital Poison Center's categories are Hospitals and Health Care
National Capital Poison Center's founding year is 1980
