Educational Materials
Contact Information
For paper copies of these materials, please contact Poison Prevention and Education:
(608) 265-8160
UW Health's poison prevention and education team produces booklets and brochures to help you and your family identify potential poison problems.
Select any of the following links to view resource material about poison prevention.
Resource Material
- Substance Abuse 2007 (ppt): What substances are being abused? And who are the most likely culprits?
- Close Encounters of the Botanical Kind (ppt): An array of poisonous, dangerous plants are discussed, with pictures.
- Fall Poison Prevention Safety Tips (pdf): As the weather turns crisp, take a few extra precautions to ensure your safety.
- Halloween Poison Prevention Safety Tips (pdf): Make sure your miniature ghosts and goblins are safe as they go trick-or-treating this October.
- Spring Poison Prevention Safety Tips (pdf): With the snow melting and the winds not blowing so cold, keep these tips in mind.
- Summer Poison Prevention Safety Tips (pdf): Hot fun in the summertime, but does your family know what special precautions need to be taken during the months of swelter?
- Winter Poison Prevention Safety Tips (pdf): As you bundle up your kids to protect them from the cold, pay attention to these poison prevention hints as well.
- Pediatric Poison Prevention (ppt): Tips on how to make your house a safer place by keeping youngsters away from potentially dangerous materials.
- Poisonous Plants Booklet (pdf): A comprehensive listing of common plants, with information about the relative danger level and symptoms for each plant.
- Poison Prevention for Seniors (ppt): Information about poison prevention in the household and contact numbers for several prevention/treatment resources.
- Take Charge of Your Health - Straight Talk About Medicines (ppt): 83 percent of seniors take at least one prescription drug. These tips can help seniors avoid poisonings from prescription drugs and other remedies.
- Poison "Happenings" Throughout the Seasons (ppt): A look at potential poison problems throughout the calendar year.
- Home Poison Checklist (pdf): A room-by-room home tour to help keep poisons out of the reach of children.
- Poisons in Farm or Rural Settings (pdf): Living in the country introduces a unique set of poison hazards. Open this brochure to find out how you can protect yourself.
- What You Need to Know about Carbon Monoxide (pdf): Carbon monoxide, a colorless, odorless, deadly gas produced by burning any kind of fuel, is a leading cause of poisoning deaths in the U.S.
- Wild Plant Foraging - Tasty or Toxic? (ppt): Know which parts of the plants are edible before you introduce wild plants into your diet.
En Español: Materiales Educativos
- Plantas venenosas (pdf): Un lista general de las plantas communes con infomación sobre el nível de peligrosidad y los síntomas asociados con cada una de la plantas.
- Lista de comprobación de la casa (pdf): Consejos sobre las precauciones que Usted puede tomar para mantener los materiales venenosos fuera del alcance de los niños.
- Lo que necesita saber sobre el monóxido de carbono (pdf): El monóxido de carbono (CO) es la causa principal de muerte por envenenamiento en los Estados Unidos.
