In 1961, Congress designated the third week of March as National Poison Prevention Week. Area agencies are spreading the word about the danger of household items and drugs, prescription or otherwise, to young children. Sherri Hannan is a nurse at the Kentucky Children’s Hospital and coordinator for the Safe Kids Fayette County Childhood Injury Prevention Coalition. She said a wide variety of products can be deadly for kids.
“A lot of things go under the kitchen sink. Or, you know, the laundry room is a room noun that people decorate and kids go in. So we just want to, as often as we can give reminders about safe storage, up and away out of sight, out of reach, hopefully locked up somewhere.”
