Poison Safety
Every 30 seconds a child is poisoned in the United States. Sixty percent of all poisonings occur to children under the age of six. Many poisonings occur when the daily household routine has been disrupted. An example of this would be having a babysitter. The most common products involved in poisonings are drugs (prescription and over-the- counter), household and chemical products, plants and cosmetics. Be aware that childproof caps are not really CHILD PROOF. They are only child resistant and if a child is given enough time they will open the container.
Greater Cleveland Poison Control Center
The Greater Cleveland Poison Control Center is staffed by experts at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital who are standing by 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to offer emergency treatment advice and answer questions about medicines and poisons. Poison prevention outreach is conducted in collaboration with Rainbow's Injury Prevention Center.
"Be Poison Smart" Program
The vision of this ground breaking initiative is to ensure that every child is poison safe and that every parent is poison smart. The Ohio Poison Control Collaborative provides Ohio residents with a consistent, effective and accessible, statewide poison prevention education program. For questions or additional information on the "Be Poison Smart" program, call (216) 844-7352.
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