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Things Dangerous To Your Child
Household and Chemical Products • Use safety locks on all cabinets. Store potential poisons out of reach of small children. • Store all poisonous household and chemical products out of sight of children. • If you are using a product and need to answer the telephone or doorbell, take the child with you. Most poisonings occur when the product is in use. • Store all products in their original containers. DO NOT use food containers such as milk jugs or soda bottles to store household and chemical products. • Store food and household and chemical products in separate areas. Mistaken identity could cause a serious poisoning. Many poisonous products look-a-like and come in containers very similar to drinks or food. An example of this is apple juice and pine cleaner. • Return household and chemical products to safe storage immediately after use. • Use extra caution during mealtimes or when the family routine is disrupted. Many poisonings take place at this time. • Pesticides can be absorbed through the skin and can be extremely toxic. Keep children away from areas that have recently been sprayed. Store these products in a safe place where children cannot reach them. • Discard old or outdated household and chemical products. • Use a poison safety checklist to poison proof your home. Each room in the house has a potential for a poisoning emergency. • Take time to teach children about poisonous substances. • Take time to teach children about poisonous substances. • Keep the telephone number of your local Poison Control Center on or near your telephone. Medicines • Keep medicines completely out of the reach of children. • Make sure that all medicines are in child-resistant containers and labeled properly. Remember child resistant does not mean child proof. • Never leave pills on the counter or in a plastic bags. Always store medicines in their original container with a child-resistant cap. • Keep purses and diaper bags out of reach of children. • Avoid taking medicines in front of children. Young children often imitate "grown-ups." • DON'T call medicine candy. Medicines and candy look alike and children cannot tell the difference. • Vitamins are medicine. Vitamins with iron can be especially poisonous. Keep them locked up and out of reach of children. • Be aware of medicines that visitors may bring into your home. Children are curious and may investigate visitor's purses and suitcases. • Keep a bottle of Ipecac Syrup in your medicine cabinet. Make sure the babysitter knows where you store your Ipecac Syrup. Do not use the syrup unless instructed by the Poison Control Center or your doctor. • Keep the telephone number of your local Poison Control Center on or near your telephone. Plants Plants can be classified according to their degree of toxicity. For further information on any of the plants listed below, contact the poison information center. If you cannot identify a particular plant, take it to the nearest nursery for assistance in identification. • Never eat any part of an unknown plant or mushroom, even if cooked. Teach children never to put leaves, stems, bark, seeds, nuts, or berries from any plant into their mouths. • Teach children to recognize poison ivy, oak and sumac. • Keep seeds and bulbs away from children and cooking or food storage areas. Label and store them out of sight and reach of children. • Do not eat wild plants (even if cooked). • Identify and keep all poisonous house plants out of reach of young children. • Do not assume a plant is safe to eat because a bird or other wildlife has eaten it. • Do not rely on cooking to destroy toxic chemicals in plants. Never use anything prepared from nature as a medicine or "tea". • Keep weed and bug killers in their original containers with proper labels. NEVER put them into bottles, cups or bowls where they could be mistaken for food or drink. Always read the instructions carefully before using. • Wash thoroughly after using pesticides and herbicides. ALL chemicals should be locked up and stored out of children's reach. Carefully rinse all containers before throwing them away. • Avoid smoke from burning plants. • Remember...there are no good "rules of thumb" for distinguishing edible from poisonous plants.
Poison Prevention Check List Checklist of items to keep locked up out of sight and out of reach of children:
MORE TIPS: • Store medicines and all household products in their original containers. • Use child-resistant packages for medicines and potentially dangerous household products, but remember that these packages are not child-proof. • Teach young children to ask an adult before putting things in their mouth. • When giving or taking medicine, read the label each time. • Follow product warning labels about not mixing different products, ventilating the area or wearing gloves.
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