The Wisconsin Poison Center gives expert help 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This service is for children and adults across Wisconsin. Specially trained nurses and pharmacists answer calls and help with poisonings, medicine questions, and other possible exposures. The Poison Center helps with situations involving medicines, household products, chemicals, plants, bites and more.
Many poison concerns can be safely handled at home with help from a Poison Specialist. This can help avoid trips to the emergency room. If more care is needed, the team will guide patients to the right place for care.
All services are free, confidential and designed to help people make safe choices when something unexpected happens.