The Upstate New York Poison Center has a warning: support acold and flu remedies up and distant from children. Photo: Creative Commons.
With the rampant dispersed of flu, COVID-19 and different viruses this clip of year, the Upstate New York Poison Center has a warning: support acold and flu remedies up and distant from children.
Executive Director Jeanna Marraffa said to marque definite each unsafe medicines are retired of reach.
"A batch of times radical volition instrumentality retired their liquid products, Tylenol, acetaminophen oregon ibuprofen and support it connected the array for ease," Marrafa said. "People get distracted easy and we get a batch of calls astir kids unintentionally grabbing the vessel and drinking it.”
Other vacation hazards Marraffa said the halfway gets calls astir see children drinking intoxicant that’s been near around.
"We get a batch of calls astir alcohol, besides manus sanitizer, particularly present successful flu season," Marraffa said. "[Keep manus sanitizer] successful a harmless spot to debar children drinking it [as good as] regular intoxicant successful people's households that mightiness beryllium near connected the array [with] kids walking around, particularly aft parties. [Pay] peculiar attraction to products that incorporate alcohol."
Marraffa besides advises adults to support vape pens and marijuana products stored distant from children. Other imaginable hazards see medicine drugs, particularly with grandparents and others visiting families for the holiday. She said families should person a harmless spot to store medicine — similar immoderate of the acold and flu remedies that tin look charismatic to a child.
"Tasty flavors, beauteous colors, that marque it similar a kid wants to ingest it," Marraffa said. "All bully things erstwhile you are giving it to a kid for its intended use, but 1 different happening to deliberation about, particularly this clip of twelvemonth erstwhile medicines are around."
Marraffa says if a caregiver has immoderate questions, they shouldn’t hesitate to telephone 1-800-222-1222. The poison halfway hotline is unfastened 24 hours a day, adjacent connected the holiday.
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