A single toll-free 800 number is available to all areas of California. By calling 1-800-222-1222 anywhere in California, you can obtain emergency information on:

• Swallowing poison
• Eye or skin irritation from toxic substances
• Inhalation of noxious fumes or vapors
• Animal, insect, snake and spider bites
• Food or mushroom poisoning
• Drug reactions
• Attempted suicides or drug overdoses

Calls are handled quickly, accurately, professionally and free-of-charge all over the state 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

For decades, there have been many poison centers in California, each with its own phone number and individual way of providing service for a small area.

In 1997, a new system for providing uniform poison services for the entire state was developed. The University of California San Francisco, School of Pharmacy - Department of Clinical Pharmacyprovides administrative services for the California Poison Control System (CPCS). The CPCS combined the services of four existing poison centers:

• the Sacramento Division located at 
  the University of California, Davis, Medical Center
• the San Francisco Division located at
  San Francisco General Hospital
• the Fresno/Madera Division located at
  Children’s Hospital Central California
• the San Diego Division located at
  the University of California, San Diego, Medical Center