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What Every Grandparent Needs to Know

By Rennie Ferguson
March 12, 2014
Medicine bottle to illustrate medication safety

Grandparents are playing a bigger role than ever before in raising their grandkids. More than 7 million grandparents in the United States live with their grandchildren, and 13 percent of grandparents are relied on to be a trusted caregiver.

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Tags: medication safety, medicine safety, grandparents, research, up and away, safety tips
Video Almacenamiento Seguro, Dosificación Segura, Niños Seguros
Video

Almacenamiento Seguro, Dosificación Segura, Niños Seguros

Cada 8 minutos, un niño es llevado a urgencias por ingerir medicamentos cuando sus padres o cuidadores no estaban atentos.

Medication Safety Tips (PDF)
Tip

Medication Safety Tips (PDF)

Download everything you need to know to keep your kids safe around medicine.

Medication Safety Guide
Guide

Medication Safety Guide

You can keep medicine poisoning from happening to your child by learning how to store, dose and get rid of medicines safely.
Keeping Families Safe Around Medicine (March 2014)
Research Report

Keeping Families Safe Around Medicine (March 2014)

Every minute of every day, a poison control center answers a call about a young child getting into medicine or getting too much medicine.

Medicine Schedule in Spanish (PDF)
Other Resource

Medicine Schedule in Spanish (PDF)

Utilice este horario para asegurarse de que el niño reciba la dosis correcta de la medicina correcta a la hora correcta.

Find Your Local Poison Control Center
Guide

Find Your Local Poison Control Center

The numbers every parent needs.

Medication Safety Infographic
Infographic

Medication Safety Infographic 2013

Kids are getting into medication at an alarming rate. Here are the startling facts and figures about how and why it happens. (2013)

An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicine (March 2013)
Research Report

An In-Depth Look at Keeping Young Children Safe Around Medicine (March 2013)

Every parent knows to keep medicine up and away from children, but kids are still getting into medicine at an alarming rate.

Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids: A Report to the Nation on Safe Medication (March 2012)
Research Report

Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids: A Report to the Nation on Safe Medication (March 2012)

About four busloads of kids are seen in U.S. emergency rooms EVERY DAY for medication poisoning. Learn why.

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