Medication Safe

We came across some great recommendations, regarding childproofing the bathroom for medicines, posted on consumerreports.org from April 2007.

 The full article can be found here: http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/babies-kids/resource-center/keeping-baby-safe-404/bathroom/0704_keeping-baby-safe_bathroom.htm?INTKEY=195BSE0

We’ll post the pertinent information here.

Medicines. Keep medicines away from bedside tables and install a lock on the medicine cabinet well out of your child’s reach. You can also store medications in a childproof, locked box kept on a high shelf outside the bathroom. Put vitamin supplements out of reach, too–iron pills and vitamins containing iron are leading child poisoners. Choose child-resistant packaging for prescription and over-the-counter drugs and vitamin supplements. Never keep medicines inside a purse in containers without childproof caps. Store visitors’ handbags out of reach, such as on a high shelf. You never know. They might contain pill bottles without these caps, or small items that could be choking hazards. Discard expired drugs in their child-resistant packaging; don’t just empty the contents in the garbage.