Must Have Products That Will Keep Your Child Safe
around the Home
1. Use Safety Latches and Locks for cabinets and drawers
in kitchens, bathrooms, and other areas to help prevent
poisonings and other injuries. Safety latches and locks on
cabinets and drawers can help prevent children from
gaining access to medicines and household cleaners, as
well as knives and other sharp objects.
Look for safety latches and locks that adults can easily
install and use, but are sturdy enough to withstand pulls
and tugs from children. Safety latches are not a guarantee
of protection, but they can make it more difficult for
children to reach dangerous substances.
2. Use Safety Gates to help prevent falls down stairs and
to keep children away from dangerous areas. Safety gates
can help keep children away from stairs or rooms that have
hazards in them. Look for safety gates that children cannot
dislodge easily, but that adults can open and close without
difficulty. For the top of stairs, gates that screw to the wall
are more secure than "pressure gates."
3. Use Door Knob Covers and Door Locks to help prevent
children from entering rooms and other areas with possible
dangers. Door knob covers and door locks can help keep
children away from places with hazards, including swimming pools.
Be sure the door knob cover is sturdy enough not to break, but
allows a door to be opened quickly by an adult in case of emergency.
By restricting access to potentially hazardous rooms in the home,
door knob covers could help prevent many kinds of injuries.
4. Use Anti-Scald Devices for faucets and shower heads and set
your water heater temperature to 120 degrees Fahrenheit to
help prevent burns from hot water. Anti-scald devices for
regulating water temperature can help prevent burns.
5. Use Smoke Detectors on every level of your home and near
bedrooms to alert you to fires. Smoke detectors are essential
safety devices for protection against fire deaths and injuries.
Check smoke detectors once a month to make sure they're
working. If detectors are battery-operated, change batteries
at least once a year or consider using 10-year batteries.
6. Use Window Guards and Safety Netting to help prevent
falls from windows, balconies, decks, and landings. Window
guards and safety netting for balconies and decks can help
prevent serious falls.
7. Use Corner and Edge Bumpers to help prevent injuries
from falls against sharp edges of furniture and fireplaces.
Corner and edge bumpers can be used with furniture and
fireplace hearths to help prevent injuries from falls or to
soften falls against sharp or rough edges.
8. Use Outlet Covers and Outlet Plates to help prevent
electrocution. Outlet covers and outlet plates can help
protect children from electrical shock and possible
electrocution.
Be sure the outlet protectors cannot be easily removed
by children and are large enough so that children cannot
choke on them.
9. Use a Carbon Monoxide (CO) Detector outside bedrooms
to help prevent CO poisoning. A carbon monoxide (CO) detector
can help prevent CO poisoning. Consumers should install CO
detectors near sleeping areas in their homes. Households that
should use CO detectors include those with gas or oil heat or
with attached garages.
10. Cut Window Blind Cords; use Safety Tassels and Inner Cord
Stops to help prevent children from strangling in blind cord loops.
Window blind cord safety tassels on miniblinds and tension
devices on vertical blinds and drapery cords can help prevent
deaths and injuries from strangulation in the loops of cords.
Inner cord stops can help prevent strangulation in the inner
cords of window blinds.
For older miniblinds, cut the cord loop, remove the buckle, and
put safety tassels on each cord. Be sure that older vertical blinds
and drapery cords have tension or tie-down devices to hold the
cords tight. When buying new miniblinds, verticals, and draperies,
ask for safety features to prevent child strangulation.
11. Use Door Stops and Door Holders to help prevent injuries to
fingers and hands. Door stops and door holders on doors and door
hinges can help prevent small fingers and hands from being
pinched or crushed in doors and door hinges.
12. Use a Cordless Phone to make it easier to continuously watch
young children, especially when they're in bathtubs, swimming
pools, or other potentially dangerous areas.
Cordless phones help you watch your child continuously, without
leaving the vicinity to answer a phone call. Cordless phones are
especially helpful when children are in or near water, whether
it's the bathtub, the swimming pool, or the beach.
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