Background. The American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC; http://www.aapcc.org) maintains the national database of information logged by the country's 61 Poison Control Centers (PCCs). Case records in this database are from self-reported calls: they reflect only information provided when the public or healthcare professionals report an actual or potential exposure to a substance (e.g., an ingestion, inhalation, or topical exposure.), or request information/educational materials. Exposures do not necessarily represent a poisoning or overdose. The AAPCC is not able to completely verify the accuracy of every report made to member centers. Additional exposures may go unreported to PCCs, and data referenced from the AAPCC should not be construed to represent the complete incidence of national exposures to any substance(s). U.S. Poison Centers make possible the compilation and reporting of this report through their staffs' meticulous documentation of each case using standardized definitions and compatible computer systems. The 61 participating poison centers in 2005 are:1Regional Poison Control Center, Birmingham, ALAlabama Poison Center, Tuscaloosa, AL Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center, Tucson, AZ;Banner Poison Control Center, Phoenix, AZ Arkansas Poison and Drug Information Center, Little Rock, AKCalifornia Poison Control System-Fresno/Madera Division, CA California Poison Control System-Sacramento Division, CACalifornia Poison Control System-San Diego Division, CACalifornia Poison Control System-San Francisco Division, CA Rocky Mountain Poison and Drug Center, Denver, COConnecticut Poison Control Center, Farmington, CT National Capital Poison Center, Washington, DC Florida Poison Information Center, Tampa, FLFlorida Poison Information Center, Jacksonville, FL;Florida Poison Information Center, Miami, FL Georgia Poison Center, Atlanta, GA Illinois Poison Center, Chicago, ILIndiana Poison Center, Indianapolis, IN Iowa Statewide Poison Control Center, Sioux City, IA Mid-America Poison Control Center, Kansas City, KA Kentucky Regional Poison Center, Louisville, KY Louisiana Drug and Poison Information Center, Monroe, LANorthern New England Poison Center, Portland, MEMaryland Poison Center, Baltimore, MD Regional Center for Poison Control and Prevention Serving Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Boston, MA Children's Hospital of Michigan Regional Poison Control Center, Detroit, MI DeVos Children's Hospital Regional Poison Center, Grand Rapids, MI Hennepin Regional Poison Center, Minneapolis, MN Mississippi Regional Poison Control Center, Jackson, MS Missouri Regional Poison Center, St Louis, MONebraska Regional Poison Center, Omaha, NE New Jersey Poison Information and Education System, Newark, NJ New Mexico Poison and Drug Information Center, Albuquerque, NMNew York City Poison Control Center, New York, NY Long Island Regional Poison and Drug Information Center, Mineola, NY Ruth A. Lawrence Poison and Drug Information Center, Rochester, NY Upstate (formerly Central) New York Poison Center, Syracuse, NY Western New York Poison Center, Buffalo, NY Carolinas Poison Center, Charlotte, NC Cincinnati Drug and Poison Information Center, Cincinnati, OH Central Ohio Poison Center, Columbus, OH Greater Cleveland Poison Control Center, Cleveland, OH Oklahoma Poison Control Center, Oklahoma City, OKOregon Poison Center, Portland, OR Pittsburgh Poison Center, Pittsburgh, PA The Poison Control Center, Philadelphia, PA; Puerto Rico Poison Center, San Juan, PR Palmetto Poison Center, Columbia, SCTennessee Poison Center, Nashville, TN Central Texas Poison Center, Temple, TX North Texas Poison Center, Dallas, TX Southeast Texas Poison Center, Galveston, TX Texas Panhandle Poison Center, Amarillo, TX West Texas Regional Poison Center, El Paso, TX South Texas Poison Center, San Antonio, TX Utah Poison Control Center, Salt Lake City, UT Virginia Poison Center, Richmond, VA Blue Ridge Poison Center, Charlottesville, VA Washington Poison Center, Seattle, WAWest Virginia Poison Center, Charleston, WV Wisconsin Poison Center, Milwaukee, WI.
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