POISONS

Is your home poison-proof? Use this itemized checklist to ask yourself questions concerning the safety of your home and how to eliminate potentially harmful products.

Kitchen (furniture polishes, drain cleaners, oven cleaners)

 Are all potentially harmful products in their original containers?

 Are all potentially harmful products stored away from food?

 Are all potentially harmful products out of reach of children?

 Do all harmful products have safety packaging?

Bathroom (medicines, cleaning products)

 Do aspirins and other potentially harmful products have child-resistant closures?

 Have you thrown out all out-of-date prescriptions?

 Do you always give medicine only to the person it was prescribed for?

 Are all medicines in their original containers with original labels?

Garage/ Basement (charcoal lighter, plant food, anti-freeze, pesticides, paint remover, turpentine)

 Do all poisons have child-resistant caps?

 Are all poisons in their original containers?

 Are all original labels on their containers?

 Are all harmful products located up and out of sight and reach of children?