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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/20/children-medication-poisoning/1998237/
Small children who land in the hospital emergency room after swallowing the wrong medication rarely get the stuff from a medicine cabinet or drawer, a new report suggests.
Instead, children take pills or bottles off the floor, out of sofa cushions or from purses, countertops and other easy-to-see spots, says the report, released Wednesday by the non-profit group Safe Kids Worldwide, based in Washington, D.C. ...........
Kids "are getting medications from Mom's purse and Grandma's pillbox," says Rennie Ferguson, a researcher for Safe Kids. She looked at 2,315 emergency department records on children up to age 4, compiled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2011.
A total of 67,000 young children visited emergency rooms that year after accidental exposures to medication.
More at link....
Small children who land in the hospital emergency room after swallowing the wrong medication rarely get the stuff from a medicine cabinet or drawer, a new report suggests.
Instead, children take pills or bottles off the floor, out of sofa cushions or from purses, countertops and other easy-to-see spots, says the report, released Wednesday by the non-profit group Safe Kids Worldwide, based in Washington, D.C. ...........
Kids "are getting medications from Mom's purse and Grandma's pillbox," says Rennie Ferguson, a researcher for Safe Kids. She looked at 2,315 emergency department records on children up to age 4, compiled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission in 2011.
A total of 67,000 young children visited emergency rooms that year after accidental exposures to medication.
More at link....
