Hennepin Regional Poison Center / Minnesota Poison Control System
1-800-222-1222

We help people of all ages in all types of situations.

In 2010, the poison center responded to 58,163 calls/contacts for help and information.

When children get into household products, Poison Center experts are just one call away.	Poison centers help seniors and people of all ages when they take too much or the wrong medicine.	Poison Centers give advice about preventing and treating chemical exposures on the job.

You do not need to have a poison emergency to call the poison center with a question. The Hennepin Regional Poison Center/ Minnesota Poison Control System (MPCS) is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1-800-222-1222 and all calls are free of charge and confidential.

The phones are answered by pharmacists who are specially certified and trained in poison information. This is a national phone number that can be used anywhere in the USA to connect you directly to the poison center taking care of the area from which you are calling.

In 2010, the Hennepin Regional Poison Center and MPCS received 58,163 calls from Minnesota residents asking for advice on exposures to prescription and non prescription medications, drug abuse, household cleaners and chemicals, plants and mushrooms, gases, bites and stings, industrial and farm chemicals, pesticides, food poisoning and many other things.

The MPCS can provide material and information to help educate the public on poison prevention, first aid, accessing the poison center, and much more!

Don't Guess, Be Sure. Call Us!

Call the Minnesota Poison Control System (MPCS)

at 1-800-222-1222

24 hours a day, 7 days a week

For more information, log on to:www.mnpoison.org

Education and outreach number, (612) 873-5644