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Show Poison control center has new telephone number The Intermountain Regional Poison Control Center is a 24-hour emergency service housed at University Uni-versity of Utah Hospital. The state agency receives an average of 40,000 calls each year from individuals in-dividuals with questions about accidental ac-cidental poisonings. To obtain a pamphlet about the center and its services or free telephone stickers with the new 1-800 1-800 number, call 581-7504. If you've ever called the Intermountain Inter-mountain Regional Poison Control Center only to reach the office of a private consulting company in Colorado, you're not alone. , According to Joseph rVeltri, Pharm.D., director of the Salt Lake-based Lake-based poison control, dozens of Utahns have called the Poison Control Con-trol Center's old toll-free number that has since been reissued to the Colorado firm. The Poison Control Center's new number is 1-800-456-7707. The center has advertised the new number with 500,000 stickers. The new number also can be found on the inside cover of the U.S. West F a telephone directory. Dr. Veltri asks Utahns to make note of the new number, especially since it is not listed with information informa-tion operators. |