Day in the life of a Poison Center: 11am-12pm

An elderly man called because a drain opener splashed into his eyes when he poured it into a clogged drain.
A 5 year old accidentally super glued his finger in his nose.
A 3 year old child was playing with nail polish, and put it on her lips like lipstick.
The county medical examiner called wanting to know if inhaling Orange Glo® can cause death.
A 3 year old child was found eating rat poison pellets. (They are a bright teal color) He told his mom, ‘candy!’
While crawling around at home, an 11 month old got into the cat litter box and may have ingested litter and/or cat feces.
A man called because the coffee he purchased at his local gas station tasted like cleaning chemicals. He was worried about what he may have ingested.
A 13 month old was found sucking on a Clorox disinfecting wipe.
A 2 year old child bit into his older sibling’s Strattera Mom was able to remove half a pill from his mouth.
A farmer presented to the ER after inadvertently sticking himself with a syringe containing a pig vaccine.
A children’s hospital ER called because a toddler got into grandma’s pill box and there was one oxycodone tablet and 2 glipizide tablets missing.
A school nurse called because a 16 year old high school student spilled sodium hydroxide onto her arm during a chemistry experiment.

***IPC specialists also made 19 calls to homes and hospitals to follow up on the clinical course of patients we had been previously consulted on.

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Day in the life of a Poison Center: 12am-7am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 7am-8am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 8am-9am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 9am-10am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 10am-11am

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 11am-12pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 12pm-1pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 1-2pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 2pm-3pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 3pm-4pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 4pm-5pm

Day in the life of a Poison Center: 5pm-6pm