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(987-8525) immediately.
• Keep those emergency numbers by the phone at all times.
• Be prepared to give the experts this information: the victim’s age and weight, the poison involved, how it was ingested, any first-aid that has been given, if the person has vomited, your location and how long it will take you to get to the hospital.
• Have the label ready to read to the physician.
• If medicine has been swallowed, do not administer anything by mouth until advised by the Poison Control Center.
• If chemicals or household products have been swallowed, follow first-aid instructions on the bottle and call for professional advice.
• Always keep a one-ounce bottle of syrup of ipecac on hand for each child or grandchild, and use only with the advice of the Poison Control Center, emergency department or a physician.
If your have “HUMCO” brand ipecac syrup, you should replace it with a different brand. A potentially deadly substance was mistakenly labeled as syrup of ipecac by HUMCO Laboratory.
Listed below are a number of household rules which should assist you in avoiding poisoning accidents;
• Keep all household chemical products and medicines out of reach and out of sight of youngsters and, preferably, locked up when not in use.
• When these products are in use, never let them out of your sight — even if you must take them along when answering the phone or door.
• Store all medicines separately from household products, and store all household chemical products away from food.
• Keep items in their original containers.
• Leave the original labels on all products, and read the label before using.
• Always leave the light on when giving or taking medication.
• Avoid taking medicines in front of children, since youngsters tend to imitate grown-ups.
• Refer to medicine as “medicine” — never tell a child it is “candy”.
• Clean out the medicine cabinet periodically, and safely dispose «f unneeded medicines when the illness for which they were prescribed is over.
• Close the container securely after use.
• Do not use cups or soft-drink bottles to hold paint thinner, turpentine or gasoline.
For more information, contact the State Division of Consumer Affairs, toll-free. (800) 552-9963
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