This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention Trust who are aiming to raise awareness of the number of accidents that seriously injure or kill children and how parents can take measures to avoid them happening.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Monday – poisons<\/strong> Detergent capsules are often concentrated and come in normal boxes with no child-resistant packaging, which means they\u2019re easy for little fingers to get into.\u00a0 The colourful liquids and packaging of cleaning products can be particularly appealing to young children.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Child-resistant\u2019 also doesn\u2019t mean \u2018childproof\u2019 as some 3-4 year olds can open child resistant caps in seconds.\u00a0 All of this means it\u2019s really important to keep all cleaning products and medicines out of reach and sight \u2013 ideally in a high locked cupboard.\u00a0 Don\u2019t forgot the painkillers in your handbag either \u2013 remember to put your bag out of reach of little fingers.<\/p>\n When you\u2019re buying cleaning products, look out for ones with bittering agents such as Bitrex in, as they taste so nasty they are a real deterrent to children swallowing them.<\/p>\n Join parents throughout the country and pledge your time with the Child Safety Week Time Pledge and find out how to protect your child from serious accidents.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.childsafetyweek.org.uk\/child-safety-week\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week, running from 21 \u2013 27 June, is Child Safety Week. The campaign comes from the Child Accident Prevention<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nToday 11 toddlers will swallow something so potentially harmful that they will be admitted into hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n