Keeping Children Safe Keeping Children Safe
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    • Poisonings

    What our research told us about poisonings in under 5 year olds...

    Safe storage

     

    Do keep medicines and household chemicals at or above adult eye level, ideally in locked cupboards

    Don't leave medicines or household chemicals within reach of young children

     

    Do put away medicines and household chemicals straight after using them

    Don't leave medicines or household chemicals around where children can get to them

     

    Why?

    • Because our research found that where families don't store medicines safely (locked away or above adult eye level) children are more likely to have to go to hospital because of a poisoning
    • Not putting away medicines and household products immediately after use was found to increase the risk of accidental poisoning in young children

    Pills

    Please note:

    The advice reported on this site is based on what we learnt from our research.

    For more advice about poisonings please visit these websites:

     

    Preventing other accidents

     

     

    This research was funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) under its Programme Grants for Applied Research Programme (RP-PG-407-10231)

    Disclaimer

    The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.

    Keeping Children Safe

    The University of Nottingham

    telephone: +44 (0) 115 846 6901
    email: denise.kendrick@nottingham.ac.uk