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Over 50,000 incoming calls per year
Majority are human exposures
Animal calls (~ 1000/year)
Information calls (~20,000 pill ID calls)
75% of calls come from the public and 25% from a health care preovider (primarily ERs)
> 40,000 follow-up calls per year (to monitor case progress and medical outcome)
> 100 education programs conducted annually
AAPCC Annual Report National Poison Data System (NPDS) 2012