Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention
U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission
Alabama Department of Public
Health
U.S. Food and Drug
Administration
DISCLAIMER AND
SECURITY POLICY
DISCLAIMER & SECURITY POLICY
The Alabama Poison Center I 2503 Phoenix Drive I Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 I FAX 205-345-7189
Alabama Poison Center Website
The Alabama Poison Center Website is intended to support
the Poison Center’s missions related to poison prevention,
public education, and current treatment modalities related to
poisoning situations. All documents or information found on
the Alabama Poison Center’s Website were obtained from a
diverse range of sources and it is our intent to keep
information up-to-date. Thus, information may change
periodically at any time without prior notice to take advantage
of new discoveries and treatment recommendations.
Information presented on the Alabama Poison Center
Website is not intended to replace expert advice given by a
qualified poison specialist or licensed medical physician.
Furthermore, the Alabama Poison Center in no way warrants
or guarantees the completeness of the medical information or
content contained on this Website. Material presented on the
Alabama Poison Center Website does not serve as a contract
between the Alabama Poison Center and any other party.
Website visitors assume full responsibility for any actions
taken based on the medical information and content
contained on this Website. The Alabama Poison Center
expressly disclaim and bear no responsibility for any claim,
loss or damage caused by the use of medical information or
content contained on this Website.
If someone has problems breathing, cannot wake up or is
having a seizure, call 911 immediately.
For other poison emergencies, call your Poison Center
immediately at 1-800-222-1222.
Calls to the Alabama Poison Center
All calls to the Poison Center are documented on an
electronic medical record. These records are maintained by
the Alabama Poison Center and used only to treat the person
or animal exposed to a poisonous or nonpoisonous
substance and to document questions from callers about
non-exposures. The information contained in these records
are then translated into the information required for
submission to the AAPCC’s National Poison Data System
(NPDS), which is the largest database of poisonings in the
United States. This data is used to analyze the development
of prevention and awareness strategies.
HIPAA Compliance
The Alabama Poison Center is considered a ‘covered entity’
as defined by the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996. As a covered entity all
information in medical records documented by the Alabama
Poison Center is confidential, used only to treat the victim
and is disclosed only to individuals providing further
treatment or in instances where disclosure of protected
health information is required by court order.
