{"id":9074,"date":"2012-04-16T17:49:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=9074"},"modified":"2012-04-16T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T21:49:14","slug":"quarter-of-grandparents-keep-meds-where-kids-can-find-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=9074","title":{"rendered":"Quarter of Grandparents Keep Meds Where Kids Can Find Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A survey by the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children\u2019s Hospital<\/a> in Ann Arbor shows nearly one quarter of grandparents in the U.S. of children age 1 to 5 say they keep their prescription medicines in easily accessible containers or locations. The findings were part of the hospital’s National Poll on Children’s Health<\/a> conducted in January and released today.<\/p>\n

The survey shows nearly all (97%) of parents with young children and grandparents (98%) have medicines in the home, either prescription or over-the-counter. Among grandparents, a large majority (85%) prescription medicines, as do about eight in 10 parents (79%).<\/p>\n

However, parents report doing a better job than grandparents at keeping the medicines away from young children. Nearly a quarter (23%) of grandparents keep their medications in easy-open containers or daily-dosage boxes, compared to only about 5 percent of parents. Similar percentages of grandparents (18%) say they keep their medicines in easily accessible locations, compared to parents (8%).<\/p>\n

While their behavior may entail risks for children, respondents say they approve of new laws that make it harder for children to accidentally ingest large quantities of medications. About two-thirds of adults questioned say they would support new laws that require companies to package tablets, capsules, and liquid medicines as single doses.<\/p>\n

“Every 10 minutes a young child in the U.S. is taken to the emergency room because of possible poisoning from swallowing a prescription medicine or over-the-counter medicine,” says Matthew Davis, director of the poll. “We hope the results of this poll are a reminder to parents, grandparents and all those who care for young children: check around your homes to make sure that medicines are safely stored out of reach.”<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted for the hospital by Knowledge Networks Inc. among a randomly selected, stratified group of adults age 18 and older, with a final sample size of 2,131 respondents. The survey has a margin of error of +\/- 1 to 8 percentage points.<\/p>\n

Read more: Medication Poisoning of Young Children Rising Sharply<\/a><\/p>\n

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