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Call Poison Help right away if you think your child might have gotten into a
medicine, vitamin, or supplement, even if you are not completely sure:(800)
222-1222www.poisonhelp.org
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AVOID A TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM

Approximately 35,000 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?

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OUT OF REACH


PICK A PLACE YOUR CHILDREN CANNOT REACH.

Find a place in your home that is too high for children to reach or see.
Different families will have different places. Walk around your home and find
the best place to keep your medicines, vitamins, and supplements—especially
those in gummy form— up and away, even between doses. Make sure that medicines
carried with you (including those in purses, bags, pockets, or pill organizers)
are also kept out of sight and reach of young children.

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PUT MEDS AWAY


NEVER LEAVE LOOSE PILLS OR LIQUID MEDICINES OUT ON A COUNTER, TABLE, OR BEDSIDE.

To a young child, pills can look like candy and liquid medicines can look like
sugary drinks, so it’s important to keep them out of children’s reach and sight
and in child-resistant containers until right before you take them.

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HEAR THE CLICK


AT HOME OR AWAY, KEEP MEDICINES IN THEIR ORIGINAL, CHILD RESISTANT CONTAINERS.

If the medicine has a locking cap that turns, twist it until you can’t twist
anymore or hear the “click.” If you must put medicines in other containers, such
as pill organizers, check to see if they are child-resistant. Many are not and
can be easily opened by young children.

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TEACH YOUR CHILD


TEACH YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT MEDICINE SAFETY.

It’s important to teach your children what medicine is and why you or another
caregiver must be the one to give it to them. Never tell children medicine is
candy, even if they don’t like to take their medicine.

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TELL YOUR GUESTS


INSIDE HOMES WITH CHILDREN, DISCUSS KEEPING MEDICINE IN A SAFE PLACE.

Remind guests to keep purses, bags, or coats that have medicines in them up and
away and out of sight when they’re in your home. If you bring medicines with you
to a home with young children, don’t be shy about asking for a place to put your
medicines that is out of reach and sight of curious young kids.

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POISON PREVENTION INFORMATION:

(800) 222-1222 www.poisonhelp.org
Up & Away is an initiative of PROTECT in partnership with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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