Top 10 Ways to Poison-Proof your Home

1. Keep the 24/7, free poison center helpline on you at all times (such as in your cell phone). 1-800-222-1222
2. Be sure that cosmetics, personal care products, prescription and OTC medications, cleaning products, dietary supplements and vitamins, pesticides and lighter fluid, and household plants locked away or out of reach of children.
3. Always keep cleaning products, gasoline, lighter fluid, antifreeze, pain and paint thinners in the containers that they came in.
4. Never put something that it not food in a food or beverage container.
5. Do not store food and household cleaners in the same cabinet.
6. If you are caring for a little one, put purses or bags that may contain above mentioned products where a child cannot reach.
7. Install smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors in the home. Make sure they work and change the battery every 6 months.
8. Never call medicine candy.
9. Do not take medicine in front of children; they love to do what adults do.
10. Objects that use small batteries, like toys or remotes, should be kept out of reach of small children. Disc batteries are both poisonous and a choking hazard.

4 million poisonings occur each year – over half to children. Please take these simple precautions to protect your family.