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Medicine Safety - Chemotherapy

Many children need medicine from time to time to treat different illnesses or conditions. Some of these medicines are taken for a short time. Others may be taken for years. Here are some tips for the safe use of medicines.

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Calls to Poison Centers about High-Powered Magnets Increased by 444% after Ban Lifted

A recent study led by researchers at the Center for Injury Research and Policy, Emergency Medicine, and the Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital along with the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore (CHAM) analyzed calls to U.S. poison centers for magnet exposures in children age 19 years and younger from 2008 through October 2019 to determine the impact of the CPSC rule and the subsequent lift of the ban.

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Leah K Middelberg

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Cough And Cold Medicines

How to properly administer over the counter cough medicine to your child. 

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Medicine: How to Give by Mouth

Here are some suggestions and safety tips that may make giving medicine easier for both you and your child.

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Strollers

Although strollers are typically used to safely transport children, on average, one child aged 5 years and younger is treated in U.S. hospitals every 45 minutes for a stroller- related injury.

Transportation

Motor vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of injuries among adults and children in the United States. Every 15 minutes in the U.S. one person is killed and 66 are treated in an ER.

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Medicine: Proper Disposal

Dispose of various medications correctly with help from these instructions. 

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Baby Carriers

An average of one child aged 5 years and younger is treated in U.S. hospital emergency departments every two hours for a carrier-related injury.