CDC and AAPCC act fast to track, investigate, and report on outbreaks of poisoning and emerging environmental health threats

CDC and AAPCC act fast to track, investigate, and report on outbreaks of poisoning and emerging environmental health threats



American Association of Poison Control Centers

Did you know CDC works with poison centers to protect the nation from public health threats? Roughly every 8 minutes, call data from poison centers across the country are uploaded into a national reporting database called the National Poison Data System (NPDS). NPDS, managed by the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC), is an electronic surveillance system that can identify, track and characterize outbreaks of poisoning and emerging environmental health threats.

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