What We Do

The Minnesota Regional Poison Center provides the following services for the citizens of the State of Minnesota.

Exposure Management

Nationally Certified Specialists in Poison Information (CSPI) provide poison exposure assessment and management techniques to the general public and to health care professionals from across the state. The service is provided though a national toll-free telephone number accessible by both voice and TTY and is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Public and Professional Education Service

Various programs are available and designed to promote awareness and prevention of unintentional and intentional exposures; and to improve patient management to those exposures. These programs range from children’s safety camp participation for the public to lectures for health care professionals.

Poison Prevention Materials Distribution Service

Poison prevention brochures, telephone stickers, magnets and other printed materials written in various languages are provided to the general public by mail or internet to prevent exposures to hazardous substances, to promote awareness of poison prevention, and to increase utilization of poison control services.

Toxicosurveillance Service

The Minnesota Regional Poison Center participates on the Minnesota Department of Health’s Commissioner’s Terrorism and Health Task Force. In cooperation with the Minnesota Department of Health and the America’s Poison Centers, the Poison Center provides active surveillance to detect infectious disease outbreaks and chemical events.

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