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Keep your children safe during travel and holiday events by following seasonal tips to stay poison safe.

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No one invites poison to a holiday gathering - at least not on purpose. Check out our round-up of tips for poison-free holidays before your holidays get crazy. You might want to share these with other family members. And, while you're at it, try out webPOISONCONTROL^® online so you know how to use it, and be sure that you have the poison center phone number on, near, or programmed into every phone: 1-800-222-1222.

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Did we miss anything that's important to you? If you think anyone has swallowed a poison, too much medicine, a battery, too much alcohol, or bad food, use the webPOISONCONTROL^® tool for guidance online, right away, or call your poison center at 1-800-222-1222.

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Rose Ann Gould Soloway, RN, BSN, MSEd, DABAT emerita
Clinical Toxicologist

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