National Poison Prevention Week 2012

This week is the 50^th Anniver­sary of National Poi­son Pre­ven­tion Week. At Impact Urgent Care – located on Hueb­ner Rd. – we want to make sure we are doing our part to spread the word and let peo­ple know what they should be on the look­out for in their own homes.

The fol­low­ing house­hold items are espe­cially haz­ardous. They should be bought in small quan­ti­ties and any unneeded extras should be dis­carded. Make sure they are always out of a child’s reach:

• Antifreeze
• Wind­shield washer solutions
• Drain clean­ers
• Toi­let bowl cleaners
• Insec­ti­cides
• Arti­fi­cial nail removers
• Top­i­cal anes­thet­ics (i.e. Prod­ucts that may be used for sun­burn pain)
• Med­i­cines, med­i­cines, medicines.

Some of the fol­low­ing com­mon house­hold items are also poi­so­nous to children:

• Auto­matic dish­washer and other detergents
• Fur­ni­ture polish
• Per­fume & aftershave
• Mouth­wash
• Gaso­line, kerosene, and lamp oil
• Paint and paint thinner
• Moth­balls
• Alco­holic beverages
• Minia­ture bat­ter­ies (such as watch batteries)
• Flak­ing paint
• Cig­a­rettes, tobacco products
• Rat and mouse poison

In case of a life threat­en­ing poi­son­ing inci­dent, imme­di­ately call 911.  If there appear to be no symp­toms, but you want to air on the side of cau­tion, call the poi­son cen­ter 1–800-222‑1222. Dif­fer­ent types of poi­son­ing require dif­fer­ent meth­ods of imme­di­ate treat­ment. For a list­ing of those please see the Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Pedi­atrics website.

Sources: poisonprevention.org, poison.org
Image Sources: wikipedia.org, toddlers-are-fun.com