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Medication Safety Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids 1 Why is it important? Nationwide Every minute More than 67,000 children a parent or caregiver calls a are seen in emergency poison control center about departments for a medication

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Medication Safety

Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids

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Why is it important? Nationwide…

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Every minute a parent or caregiver calls a poison control center about a medication poisoning More than 67,000 children are seen in emergency departments for medication poisoning 12,390 children are hospitalized each year for medication poisoning

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San Joaquin County

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More than 800 children were seen in emergency departments for medication poisoning in the last 5 years 63 children were hospitalized during the same time period for medication poisoning

It’s preventable

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What can we do?

  • Store medicines safely
  • Give medicines safely
  • Get rid of expired or unused medicines

safely

  • Talk to family and friends about

medication safety

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What is medicine?

  • Adult medicines and vitamins
  • Children’s medicines and vitamins
  • Eye drops
  • Diaper rash remedies

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Store medicines safely

  • Keep medicines and vitamins up and away and
  • ut of sight, where children can’t see or reach

them

  • Put medicines up and away after every use

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Where is your medicine?

  • In your purse or backpack?
  • On a table or nightstand?
  • On kitchen or bathroom counters?
  • In low cabinets or drawers?

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Set reminders

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Store medicines safely

  • Store medicine in original container
  • Buy medicine in child-resistant packaging when

available and close it tightly after each use

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Give medicines safely

  • Read and follow the label
  • Know the active ingredients in

your child’s medicine

  • Don’t give your child more than
  • ne medicine with the same

active ingredient

  • Read the warnings, know the

side effects, and understand when to stop taking the medicine and call a doctor

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Give medicines safely

  • Check the dosing
  • Make sure you give the

right dose at the right time

  • When measuring liquid

medicine, use the dosing device that comes with the medicine you are giving

  • Teaspoon (tsp.) vs

Tablespoon (tbsp.)

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Avoid double dosing

  • Write down your child’s

medicine schedule:

  • Child’s name
  • Date and time medicine

should be given

  • Amount of medicine that

should be given

  • If the scheduled dose was

given

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Getting help

If you have questions about your child’s medicine, call the: Child’s Doctor Pharmacist Poison Control Center 1-800-222-1222

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Get rid of medicines safely

  • Remove personal information and instructions

from the medicine bottle or package

  • Put medicine into a sealable plastic bag
  • Add water to dissolve solid medicines like pills,

tablets and capsules

  • Add kitty litter, sawdust or coffee grounds to the

plastic bag

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Drop-off sites

Take medicines that are out of date and medicines you don’t use any more to a community drop-off site:

San Joaquin County Household Hazardous Waste Facility 7850 R A Bridgeford St., Stockton Tracy Police Department 1000 Civic Center Dr., Tracy Walgreen’s Pharmacy 75 Ham Ln., Lodi

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Take-back program

National Prescription Drug Take Back Day (2 x yearly)

  • Local Police Departments and County Sheriffs’ Offices
  • Next Take Back Day:

October 22, 2016 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM

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Poison control centers

Know the number – put it in your home and cell phones

  • 1-800-222-1222

When can you call the poison center?

  • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • It’s free and confidential

Who answers the poison center number?

  • Nurses, pharmacists, doctors and other poison experts

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Source: http://www.aapcc.org

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Poison control centers

When should you call the poison center?

  • If you have questions about giving medicine
  • If your child was given the wrong amount of medicine
  • If your child has taken medicine that he or she was not

supposed to take When should you call 911?

  • If your child stops breathing
  • If your child collapses
  • If your child has a seizure

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Source: http://www.aapcc.org

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Share the information

  • Grandparents – 48%
  • Parents – 38%

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Whose Medicine Are Kids Getting Into?

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Share the information

  • Talk to caregivers, babysitters, and grandparents

about storing and giving your child medicines safely

  • Ask guests and family members, especially

grandparents, to keep their medicine up and away when they are visiting

  • Give a copy of your child’s medicine schedule

to caregivers who will be giving your child medicine

  • Know the Poison Control Center phone

number: 1-800-222-1222

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Thank you!

For more information, contact: Rachel Zerbo & Maribel Hernandez Safe Kids San Joaquin County (209) 468-2699 & (209) 468-8914 rzerbo@sjcphs.org mhernandez2@sjcphs.org

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