Poisoning

Key Safety Messages:
STORE all medicines, chemicals and cleaners out of children's reach and sight.

ASK your pharmacist for safety caps on medicines - there may be a small cost.

FOLLOW the dose instructions from your doctor or pharmacist.

ENSURE you read and follow safety instructions on medicines, chemicals and cleaners.

Every year an average 366 children aged under 15 years are admitted to hospital, overnight or longer, due to unintentional poisoning. While the average hospital stay for a child who has been poisoned is only 1.3 days, for some children, poisonings can have lifelong consequences.

Click the links below to access injury resources, information, prevention and advice.

Factsheet

Unintentional Childhood Poisoning (July 2006).

Resources

Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A5 Flyer (Pdf. 2006)
Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A5 Flyer (Maori. Pdf. 2006)
Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A2 Poster (Pdf. 2006).
Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A3 Poster (Pdf. 2006).
Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A2 Poster (Maori, Pdf. 2006).
Keep Kids SAFE from Poisoning A3 Poster (Maori, Pdf. 2006).
In our pharmacy we help prevent child poisoning A4 Poster/Flyer (Pdf. 2006).
Parent Info Medication safety DLE (Pdf, 2006)
Parent Checklist Paracetamol Poisoning 2006 (Pdf 2006)
Put Your Kid's safety First! Poster (Pdf, 2005)
Put Your Kid's safety First! DLE (Pdf, 2005)
Put Your Kid's safety First! Flyer (Pdf, 2005)
Protect us From Poisons A5 (English and Maori, Pdf, KidSafe 2003)

Project Plan

Paracetamol Poisoning Prevention Project Plan (Pdf. 2006).

Links

For links to New Zealand and international websites relating to this injury topic, go to our links page.

This page was last updated June 5, 2009.