How To Prevent Accidental Poisoning

Here are some tips on how to prevent accidental poisoning inside our homes:

According to Dr. Cyrus Rangan, Assistant Medical Director and Director of the Los Angeles Medical Toxicology Education Program, California Poison Control System, "It is critical that all consumers are aware of all the potential hazards in their home including the proper ways to store food and to dispose of medications."

When disposing medications and prescriptions it is important that we seal it carefully to avoid children and even pets from having access to it. You can also crush or dissolve the tablets in water to avoid contact with the children. Dispose the water in solid grounds.

The following are some additional poison prevention tips from the CPCS:
-- Keep the number 1-800-222-1222 on or near all phones.
-- Keep medicines and cleaning products out of reach of children and in
locked cabinets.
-- Always keep products in the containers they came in.
-- Never keep cleaning products, gasoline, antifreeze, pain and paint
thinners, or lighter fluid in something you would use for food or a
beverage.
-- Do not store food and household cleaners in the same cabinet.
-- Never call medicine candy.
-- Do not take medicine in front of children; they love to do what adults
do.
-- If you are in the middle of taking medicine or using a cleaning
product and you need to answer the door or phone, take it with you.
-- If you are a grandparent, be sure to keep your medicine and vitamins
where your grandchildren can't get to them.
-- Keep things like make-up perfume, cigarettes, alcohol and vitamins
where children can't reach them.

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