POISON PREVENTION- Chemicals, Medicine, Batteries, & Magnets

POISON PREVENTION

Chemicals, Medicine, & Batteries

Taking advantage of Spring Cleaning during the Stay at Home Order? You may be doing a little extra disinfecting, taking a few more vitamins and medicine to keep the cold/allergies away, and frequenting your remote control during this time. 

While all of this is good and well, using these items more than usual can create potential POISON hazards for your little ones. Please make sure to put away and lock up any toxic chemicals, medicines, and batteries to prevent ACCIDENTS that could result in injury or death of young children.

Take a look at this Poison Prevention Home Tour to see common poison hazards to your children. Remember to lock chemicals and medicines high and away and NEVER call medicine 'candy.'

 

Poison hazards may not always be the most obvious. Check out these hidden dangers you may not have thought were harmful to children and remember to lock them high and away. These may include:

• hand sanitizer

• e-cigarettes 

• toothpaste 

• small batteries found in remotes or children's toys/books.

According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, " in 2018, more than 70,900 children  were seen in the ER due to unintended pediatric poisoning. More than 85% of these incidents occurred in the home and most often with these 5 products: blood pressure medications, acetaminophen, bleach, ibuprofen and laundry packets. MAKE SURE you keep household cleaning products and laundry packets in their original containers and in cabinets with child safety latches or locks. Never transfer these products to a different bottle without a child-resistant closure and a label. Children and others can mistake them and drink or eat the contents. Put the Poison Control Center's Hotline (800-222-1222) in your cell phone."

Arizona Childproofers recommends using MAGNETIC CABINET AND DRAWER LOCKS for all areas storing poison hazards such as cleaning supplies, medicines and batteries, and to keep the magnetic key high and out of the sight of children during and not during use. 

MAGNETS

***This video contains visuals on the dangers of magnets, often used for fun science experiments or kid toys, and how they can affect someone if swallowed. 

"Small high-powered magnets can cause death or serious lifelong health effects. When two or more high-powered magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Keep high-powered magnet sets away from children,"according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Arizona Childproofers hopes you are safe and healthy during this time and we are available for any questions you may have about child safety :) 

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