On Jan. 1, 1956, Children’s Orthopedic Hospital opened the Northwest’s first Poison Control Center to advise callers on treating accidental poisoning cases. By 1984, the center was receiving more than 60,000 calls a year from parents and from people who had accidentally ingested poisons.

In 1985, the Center was renamed the Washington Poison Center. Children’s Orthopedic Hospital Association, now known as Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, was incorporated by Anna Clise in 1907, creating the first pediatric facility in the Northwest.