Preventing Unintentional Poisonings

Free satellite broadcast, April 27, 2006 (9-10 am ET)

Speakers:
Gail Banach, M.S. Ed.
Director of Education
Upstate New York Poison Center

Norma A. Barton, B.S., C.S.P.I
Certified Specialist in Poison Information
Ruth Lawrence Poison & Drug Info Center

Our experts discussed the role of Poison Centers in the health care system as well as tips you can use to help clients and families prevent unintentional poisonings.

This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 5RLL8T-PRV-04-076.

The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.

This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive 1.0 Category 1 CECH in health education.