Imagine this scenario: It’s the middle of the night and your sick child needs a dose of fever reducing medicine. You’re only half awake and caring for your child. You give your child the medicine and head back to bed.
CLICK. Did you hear it? Sometimes you will be too tired to listen for the click, so even in your most sleep-deprived moments, check the cap.
Like many parents, you may think child-resistant caps fully prevent children from opening medications, but these caps simply give you more time to prevent your child from getting into medicines.
In today’s CDC Safe Healthcare Blog, the Consumer Product Safety Commission outlines the simple steps all parents should take to keep their children safe around medicine. Additionally, CDC has launched a new education program focused on protecting children from unintentional medication overdoses – Up and Away and Out of Sight.
For more information about the Up and Away and Out of Sight educational program, visit www.UpAndAway.org or in Spanish www.UpAndAway.org/es.
Join the discussion at http://blogs.cdc.gov/safehealthcare.
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