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Keep safe by preventing household accidents

SAD, BUT true: your home may
be your castle and refuge bul ac-
cidents do happen there.

In fact, home accidents kill
more children every year than all
childhood discases pui together.

But everyone can take com-
mon-seise steps to lessen potential
dangers, especially in the kitchen
and bathroom — two of your
home’s more hazardous rooms.

To find out what’s cooking with
dangerous potential for the small
children in ithe kitchen, consider
how the layout and design looks
from their diminutive point of
view.

The following is ouly a short list
to start you off; by learning to
look at home from a safety point
of view, you'll recognize a lot
more potential problems than
those listed here.

Stoves with on/off controls on
the sides are very tempting to the
young and the restless.

Little fingers love to fiddle with
knobs and dials with little under-
standing of the dangers.

Buy stoves with controls on top.

Pots on the stove look tempting

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from below, too, so turn the han-
dles away from the edge of the
stove when cooking.

Consider installing a pot guard-
rail. on the front edge of the
stove.

Keep small appliances away
from countertop edges; when not
in use they should be tucked away
in the upper cabinets of the
kitchen,

Don’t let appliance cords dangle
from countertops when in use.
Small children will reach out to
anything to pull themselves along;

the “rope’’ they grab could spark
a disaster,

_ Unplug appliances that are not
in use,

Always install a safety latch on
a deep freezer, Latches are also
availabe for refrigerators,

Bathrooms require basic satcty
precautions as well. Young
children love to play in and
around water, but such play can
produce accidents,

Never leave a child unattended
in the bathroom.

Sharp items should be stored

out of sight, including items being
tossed out in the wastepaper
basket.

Dispose of items such as razor
blades properly.

Because children can drown in
very small amounts of water, in-
stall latches on all toilet lids.

Light switch controls should be
where children can reach them.
Night-lights are a good idea.

Install grab bars at child height
in the tub and shower. Faucet
parts should be shatter-resistant
and should have no sharp edges.

A sturdy step stool can raise
your child high enough to easily
reach faucets and countertops.

Install passage hardware on the
bathroom door that can be
unlocked from either side of the
door,

To prevent children from
entering the bathroom unsuper-
vised, keep the door closed.

Also, cover the doorknob with a
safety sleeve that requires an adult
grip ty open,

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