Fire Department - Public Education - Poison Control - Checklist For A Poison-Proof Home
- Keep all household medicines, cleaning products, poisons in their original, labeled, child resistant containers.
- Keep poisons and medicines locked up and out of the reach and sight of small children.
Be as careful with non-prescription medicines as you are with prescription medicines. They are just as harmful to young children.
- Keep purses and diaper bags out of the reach of children.
- Never walk away from or leave children alone with household products or medicines. Most poisonings occur when the product is being used.
- Return medicines, household and chemical products to safe storage immediately after each use.
- Know which plants inside and outside of your home can be poisonous to young children.
- Teach your children about poisonous substances.
- Keep the number of your poison control center near or on your telephone.
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