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June -- National Safety Month: Grandparents! Prevent Your Grandchildren from Being Poisoned: Safety Alert! A startling fact has been learned in a study undertaken by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission in association with the Poison Information Center at the Children`s Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. This study showed that 36% of the childhood ingestions related to a prescription vial involved a grandparent`s medication. Grandparents and parents must become aware of the surprising finding that over one-third of the accidental childhood prescription drug ingestions involve a grandparent`s medication. Grandparents often have non-child-resistant prescription vials or loose pills out on tables, kitchen counters, or in purses or pockets. Children swallow these medications when they are visiting grandparents or when the grandparents visit them. To prevent this continuing tragedy:
Children are curious; adults must help keep children safe. For more information on how to prevent childhood poisonings, call the toll-free CPSC Hotline on 800-638-CPSC. A TTY for the hearing impaired can be reached on 800-638-8270. Source/Resource: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2000. June is National Safety Month. To read more safety information available on our website, please click the following link:
This article first appeared in Volume 6, Issue 7 of "The Social Security and Medicare Advisor" newsletter (June/2001). To receive future editions of "The Advisor" in its special, free e-mail version, please click here.
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