By AgeInfants
Use Cleaners and Disinfectants Safely at Home
The Texas Poison Center Network (TPCN) has seen a 70% increase in calls related to cleaning products and disinfectants. We remind residents of the importance of proper use and handling of cleaning products and disinfectants during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
Infant Botulism
Infant Botulism is a very rare illness caused mainly by giving honey to a baby that’s between 3 weeks and 6 months old, but those who are under the age of 1 are at risk of getting this illness. The bacteria is called Clostridium Botulinum, which can sometimes be...
Keeping Your Family Safe Around Medicine
Today there are more medicines in the home than ever before, and this increases the potential risk to children of accidental medicine poisoning. Every year, more than 59,000 young children are seen in emergency rooms because they got into medicine while a caregiver wasn’t looking. Almost every minute of...
Button Batteries…They Look Innocent
Many toys and electronics are powered by small disc batteries. These batteries are often accidentally swallowed by small children, and sometimes adults. Every year in the United States, more than 3,500 people of all ages swallow these miniature disc or “button batteries”. A study of 2,382 cases of battery...
Child-Resistant is NOT Child-Proof
It seems as though those hard-to-open bottles have been around forever. And for new parents today, they have. But what is the reason and history behind the child-resistant packages?
Back to the 1960s children were dying from poisonings in large numbers. The country developed an education program to warn parents...
The Curiosity of an Infant: Poison Dangers
A new study raises awareness of the dangers of unintentional exposure to poisons for babies 6 months and younger.
Traditionally, this has not been an age group that poison center educators have focused on, because infants aren’t up and walking about. But while a young baby may be less mobile,...
Highly Concentrated “Single-Load Liquid Laundry Packets” Can Cause Serious Harm to Young Children
These new laundry packets dissolve in the washing machine. Because they are colorful and squishy, they are attractive to children. They can look like candy or something fun to play with.
Poison centers receive many calls each year about children getting into laundry detergent. Swallowing it often causes mild stomach...
A Word of Caution As You Treat the Flu
What do a lot of people do when they feel achy and are running a fever? They go straight to the medicine cabinet for an over-the-counter (OTC) medicine.
While OTC drugs can be helpful in controlling flu symptoms, it is easy to overdose on one very commonly available drug. Acetaminophen...
Hand Sanitizers: How Toxic Are They?
Recently, an email has circulated warning parents not to use hand sanitizers due to the danger they pose to children. And while hand sanitizers can be dangerous if swallowed, actual symptoms from their misuse are extremely rare. Most children who get a “taste” or a “lick” of hand sanitizer...
You Need to Know: Infant’s & Children’s Acetaminophen Medicine Changes
What is the change?
In the past, there have been two different concentrations of acetaminophen-containing liquid medications (such as Tylenol®) for children. These were infant (concentrated) drops that contained 80 mg of acetaminophen in each 0.8 mL and children’s liquid that contained 160 mg in each 5 mL. These two...
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