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Every third full week in March we recognize National Poison Prevention Week and the Washington Poison Center celebrates it as Mr. Yuk Week.

Although the next “official” week is March 14-20, 2010 we encourage you to include poison prevention messages throughout the year.

You are in a unique position to increase awareness of an often overlooked injury – poisoning. Ideally, no one should have to suffer the worry or costs associated with unintentional poisonings.

Useful all year long are the following links (feel free to tweak to fit your needs):

• Articles for any print or online newsletter (all Word docs)
  • You Can Still Call Mr. Yuk
  • Are You a Yuk User?
  • 10 Tips to Keep Child Safe from Poisonings
  • 5 Facts About Poisoning
  • Poison Center Always There
  • Poison Center Gave Me Peace of Mind
• Key Messages for publications or presentations to groups Word PDF
• Fact Sheet of national and state poison data and calls received by the Washington Poison Center HTML Word PDF
• Proclamation of Poison Prevention Week for local government Word PDF
• Got a website? Add a link to the Poison Center with a website blurb Word
• Poison safety materials