Poison Ivy rash IS Avoidable While there is no cure or vaccine for poison ivy rash, proper plant IDentification is your guaranteed key to success at avoiding both this plant and its rash from hell. All one needs do to safely guarantee their own future success is to learn quickly how to properly ID entify poison ivy plants. Poison Ivy Avoidance ensures not making contact. In closing NPIAM hopes to bring about greater public awareness to the health risks and perils of making contact with poison ivy plants that live just about everywhere.