 National Poison Prevention Week
March 17-23, 2002
Every year, unintentional poisonings from medicines and household chemicals kill about 30 children and prompt more than 1 million calls to the nation's poison control centers. You can help prevent accidental poisonings by following these three important safety tips:
- Use child-resistant packaging because it saves lives.
- Keep medicines and household chemicals locked up out of reach and out of sight of young children because some children can open child-resistant packaging.
- Keep the poison control center number next to your telephone and call immediately if a poisoning occurs.
There's a new toll-free number to call that will connect you to a local poison control center: 1-800-222-1222.
Stop by the Providence St. Peter Hospital outpatient pharmacy (inside the gift shop) for a supply of Mr. Yuk stickers. They can help you "child-proof" your home.
Providence St. Peter Hospital cares about you and your family's safety. Here are some helpful links:
http://www.poisonprevention.org/main.html
http://www.ipl.org/youth/poisonsafe/
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/pubs/pois_prv.html
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~gweiss/poison/TILEGAME/TileGame.html
http://babyparenting.about.com/cs/poisonprevention/
http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/dacrrdp/spotlite/poi5.htm
http://www.bonus.com/bonus/card/Poison_Prevention_Game.html
Pet poisoning
http://www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=apcc
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