Poison Proof Your Home

With prevention you can sometimes be too late, but you can never be too early.

To poison proof your home, we recommend that you do a room-by-room check:  use the printer-friendly Poison Safety Checklist.

Kitchen

• Move cleaning products from under the sink to upper shelves or locked cabinets.
• Remove medicines – including vitamins – from countertops, window sills and open areas.
• Store all household products away from food items.
• Make sure all harmful products in your home have child-resistant caps.
• Be sure all potentially harmful products are kept in their original containers.

Living Room

• Are plants kept out of reach of children?
• Are cigarettes and cigarette butts kept out of reach of children?
• Be careful about leaving children unattended around visitors’ belongings.

Bathroom 

• Keep all medicines, cosmetics, perfumes, mouthwashes, etc., out of sight and out of reach of children, or lock them up.

• Move drain and toilet bowl cleaners, etc., from under the sink to upper shelves of closets or locked cabinets.
• Flush old medicine down the toilet.

Bedroom

• Remove medicines from dresser or bedside table.
• Keep perfumes, nail polish removers and powders out of reach of children.
• Place a carbon monoxide detector outside or near sleeping area.

Laundry Area

• Keep all bleaches, soaps and detergents out of reach of children or in a locked cabinet.

Garage/Basement

• Keep insect sprays, weed killers and fertilizers in locked storage.
• Keep turpentine, paints, antifreeze, windshield washer fluid, rust removers and motor oils in locked storage.
• Keep products in their original container with original labels.