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Call the poison help line if you or your child come in contact with a poison.

 

Nurses and poison experts will answer your call and in most cases, can help you take care of the problem right at home.

 

If you need to go to the hospital, they will call ahead with information to help doctors treat you or your child quickly and correctly.

 

 

 

How Poisonings Occur

You can get poison on the skin or in the eyes and can eat, drink or breathe in poison.

 

Antifreeze, bleach and bug spray are poisonous. Did you know that these items can also be dangerous?  

  Vitamins

  Perfume

  Make-up

  Eating some plants can be toxic.

  Spider bites

  Taking medicine that is too old or not prescribed for you

  Mixing medicines

 

 

 

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The Denver Center for Public Health Preparedness has courses in bioterrorism readiness available on the web at no cost. These courses are designed to educate the medical and public health communities about responding to biological and chemical terrorist incidents, as well as to non-terrorist incidents such as epidemics/pandemics on the biological side and to hazardous material accidents on the chemical side. 

Please visit the Bioterrorism Readiness Course page to register for these free courses.

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