Poison Prevention Week
- klstorytime
- Mar 21, 2018
- 1 min read
National Poison Prevention Week
March 18-March 24 2018
A couple of hashtags for this week are as follows:
#Prevent Poison
Text POISON to 797979 to save the Poison Help™ number in your smartphone.
In 1962 John F. Kennedy declared the third week in March as National Poison Prevention Week. The first Poison Prevention Week was observed in March 1962.
Tips to Prevent Poisonings
1. Be prepared for an emergency-the free National poison Helpline is 1-800-222-1222
2. Practice Safe storge habits-keep medicines, hazardous substances and other dangerous products out
of children’s sight and out of reach. Keep products in original containers.
3. Read and follow all labels and directions-review all medicine labels before you use them.
4. Be aware of invisible threats such as carbon monoxide.
Two good websites are
http://www.aapcc.org/prevention/nppw/
And http://www.aapcc.org/
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