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Project Poison Patrol I. PROJECT SUMMARY PROBLEM: P11 Each year a significant nur.ter. of children 5 year's and under- ingest VaY:ILous poisonous Substances which result in serious injury and d�,,,th. Childhood poisoning, are a persistent, tragic and entirely- prevenraLle ctaust. r:f - ;,orbldity and mortality. In Uranze County along, there were four children under the age of 5 hospitalized for poisonin; in 1988, and 1h a:ibulance transports by the Orange County Rescue Squad for poisonings in 1599 (See Attachment lA & B, ?,- rbulance Call Report, Hospitalization Surveys. These statistics belie a much larger number of it-:oisonings which do not reach the foi`nal health .care system. A survey conducted in April 1590 among 45 mothers attending the OCHD Child Health and Maternal Health clinics, revealed that onlv 18 of "6 knew what syrup of ipecac is, and only 4 of 46 knew where the nearest poison control center is. (See Attachment 2 for the full survey resultsl. PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The project will supplement the existing anticipatory guidance given to parents of young children by public health nurses at the OCHD during well child visits. The nurses will hand out "Poison Prevention Kits," and emphasis will remain on education. In addition to distributing Poison Prevention Kits during well child clinic visits, Orange County Health Department staff will alert local day care centers and those local physicians serving poor familie: to the availability of the Kits, and the importance of preventing poisoning ayriong young children. Finally, the OCHD will train staff and interested parents at h local day care centers, and collaborate with the trained staff to distribute 250 Poison Prevention Kits to parents of day care children. As part of the training, an on —site video player will be used to show an appropriate video tape for staff and parent education. Another video tape will also be geared toward the preschool child to increase awareness of and compliance with, poison.prevention. The Poison Prevention Kits (in a zip lock bag) will contain a one ounce bottle of syrup of ipecac, the Duke University Poison Control Center Pamphlet "Poison at Work!" and two sticky labels to affix to the phone, bearing the phone number of the Duke Poison Control Center (See Attachment 3).