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Use of Data Collected by the

Poison Center

The WVPC par cipates in the American Associa on of Poison

Control Center’s Na onal Poison Data System (NPDS), the largest

poison exposure database in the United States.

De‐iden fied data

collected is used to:

 Target problem areas

and adjust services

 Advance knowledge of

poisons and an dotes

 Teach health care

professionals and

students

 Provide necessary data

for product safety

regula on

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