Avoid a Trip to the Emergency Room

Approximately 50,000 young children are brought to the emergency room each year because they got into medicines that were left within reach. Are all of your medicines kept somewhere safe? View The 90 second Video To See Why Medication Safety is Essential In Your Home!

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The Guide is designed to help you keep you family and children especially safe from unintended ingestion of Prescription and Over-The-Counter Medications.
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Medicines and vitamins help families feel well and stay well, but children are curious; to keep them safe, parents and caregivers must practice safe medicine storage. Always put every medicine and vitamin away every time you use it, including those you use every day.

Store medicines in a safe location that is too high for young children to reach or see.
Never leave medicines or vitamins out on a kitchen counter or at a sick child’s bedside, even if you have to give the medicine again in a few hours
Always relock the safety cap on a medicine bottle. If it has a locking cap that turns, twist it until you hear the “click” or until you can’t twist anymore.
Tell children what medicine is and why you must be the one to give it to them.
Never tell children medicine is candy so they’ll take it, even if your child doesn’t like to take his or her medicine.
Remind babysitters, houseguests, and visitors to keep purses, bags, or coats that have medicines in them up and away and out of sight when they’re in your home.

Save the Poison Help number (800) 222-1222 in all your phones so you will have it when you need it.

Keep Your Family Safe! Learn More About Medication Safety For Kids In Your Home!