Please check all boxes that apply.
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Kitchen |
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Cleaning products are stored safely out of reach, or in locked cabinets.
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Medicines
are stored in high cupboards and off counters and windowsills. |
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Harmful
products are stored away from food. |
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Harmful
products, such as drain cleaners and furniture polishes,
have safety packaging. |
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Potentially
harmful products stored in their original containers so
no one will mistake them for food. |
Living Room/Den |
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Plants are safely out of reach |
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Bathroom |
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All medicines are stored in a locked cabinet or box. |
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Old
medicines are discarded regularly. Medication containers
have child-resistant closures and all safety closures are
secured properly. |
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Medicines
are always given only to the people the doctor prescribed
them for. |
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Windowsills
are free of harmful products. Bathroom vanity is free of
beauty supplies. |
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All
medicines are in their original containers. |
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There
is a fresh bottle of Ipecac and activated charcoal at home. (Call the Poison Control Center before administering either substance) |
Bedroom |
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All
medicines are kept off dressers and bedside tables. |
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All
perfumes and cosmetics are out of reach. |
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All
medicines have been removed from unused purses. |
Basement/Laundry |
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Soaps,
detergents, and cleaners are stored safely. |
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Disinfectants
and deodorizers are stored safely. |
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Paint
is stored safely. |
Garage |
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Instructions
on bug sprays and pesticides are carefully read. |
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Weed
killers and fertilizers are in a locked cabinet. |
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Harmful
products are in their original containers and not in soda
bottles. |
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Gasoline
and antifreeze are in locked cabinets. |
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All
poisons have child-resistant caps and are in original containers.
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The
more of these items you can check off, the safer your home
will be!! However, even if all these items are checked,
you must stay alert, especially with young children in the
household.
The Oklahoma Poison Control Center web site is provided free of charge to the public as an informational and educational tool. This web site is NOT intended as a substitute for a consultation with the Oklahoma Poison Control Center. The center is a statewide program operated by The University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy in cooperation with Children's Hospital at the OU Health Sciences Center. Our pharmacists and nurses are specially trained poison experts available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Suspected Poisonings Call: 1-800-222-1222
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