Research & Training Programs
The Georgia Poison Center
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The GPC was designated the official State poison center in 1976, when the Georgia Department of Human Resources (DHR) secured its non-profit funding. The GPC has evolved into one of the busiest and most up-to-date front-line response toxicology information centers in the country, receiving 117,114 calls into its emergency phone service lines in 2007, as compared to 3,000 calls the year of its inception.
A leader in poison prevention activities, the GPC is one of 61 centers nationwide, and the only one in Georgia, to be certified as a Regional Poison Center by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC). The AAPCC is the governing body and runs the centralized database for poison centers nationwide. It compiles toxic exposure data in cooperation with poison centers and develops the national standards and certification process that ensure the quality of poison emergency services.