Prevention & Education

Goals The goals of the education program are to: Prevent poisonings Increase awareness of poison center services Increase the use of the NNEPC Help health care providers with diagnosis, monitoring and management Improve patient outcomes while reducing costs

Education
The NNEPC has a health educator in each state who coordinates poison prevention programs.

The NNEPC educators, as well as the director, Dr. Karen Simone, and the medical director, Dr. Tamas Peredy, provide occasional education on current poisoning topics to the public and to health care professionals.

Due to our limited funding, requests are reviewed on a case by case basis.  The following criteria are used:

• NNEPC availability
• Topic and audience
• Time required and costs involved
• Availability of reimbursement from requesting organization

If you would like to request an education event contact your state educator above.

Materials
Poison center educational materials are available at cost from the NNEPC shop.

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Lectures
See a list of upcoming and archived presentations given by NNEPC staff.