"Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids"

While medications are lifesaving and crucial to maintaining our health, we cannot forget the dangers that they can pose to curious children. According to Safe Kids USA, more than 60,000 kids are treated annually in an ER due to unintentional medication poisoning. That’s an astounding 165 children a day. By staying aware of our medications and ensuring that we follow procedures for safe storage, dosing, and disposal, we can help prevent these accidents from occurring.

For medication safety tips and a comprehensive discussion of this problem, check out Safe Kids’s website and 2012 publication “Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids: A Report to the Nation on Safe Medication.”