This is especially important when visiting other households. Many poisonings happen when visiting a household where only adults live. Be careful when using medicines and cleaners. If the phone or doorbell rings, close the cap and put it out of reach before you answer. Keep products in their original containers with their labels in place.
Children think that anything in a cup, soft drink bottle or glass is safe to eat or drink.
Old medicines often stop working, but they can still poison children. So clean out cabinets on a regular basis. Discard medicines past their expiration date or that have changed color, become cloudy, settled or hardened. Liquid medicines, pills and capsules should be flushed down the toilet. Rinse and discard containers.