>>VIC MICOLUCCI: IT’S NATIONAL POISON PREVENTION WEEK AND FLORIDA’S POISON CONTROL
CENTERS WANTS TO REMIND PEOPLE
TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL AND BE
READY TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY.
THE AGENCY SAYS ABOUT 90% OF
MOST POISONINGS HAPPENING AT
HOME HAND SANITIZER CASES WENT
UP ABOUT 80% YOU KNOW WHY
AND DISINFECTANTS WENT UP 75%
IN THE LAST YEAR. BUT HERE’S
ANOTHER STATISTIC THAT MAY
SURPRISE YOU THE POISON CONTROL
CENTER SAYS CASES RELATED TO
THE SLEEP
AID MELATONIN INCREASED BY
43%.
>> I HAVE MELATONIN GUMMIES AT
HOME, YOU KNOW AND IF IT’S
SOMEBODY IS LEAVING THEM
SITTING OUT ON THEIR
NIGHT STANDS. YOU KNOW A CHILD
COULD EASILY WALK UP UNSCREW
THE CAP AND THEIR GUMMIES THEY
TASTE GOOD.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: THEY ARE TASTY
SO WHETHER ITS HAND SANITIZER
SPRAYED BLEACH OR EVEN A
LITHIUM BATTERY POISONINGS CAN
HAPPEN IN JUST A MATTER OF
SECONDS AND HEALTH EXPERTS.
I WANT YOU TO FOLLOW A THEME
PREPARE PREVENT AND PROTECT THE
3 P’S RIGHT THERE.
SO JOINING US THIS MORNING TO
TALK MORE ABOUT WAYS TO KEEP
OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILY
MEMBERS SAFE AND THE COMMON
MISTAKES, MOST OF US MAKE WHEN
STORING POISONOUS PRODUCTS
DEBBIE GERBERT A PEDIATRIC
PHYSICIANS ASSISTANT AT
JACKSONVILLE, SNOW MORSE
CHILDREN’S CLINIC. GOOD MORNING
TO YOU.
TO YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. HOW ARE YOU DOING WELL DOING WELL SO WE’VE
TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE DEBBIE
THE PROBLEM THIS HOUR STILL
THERE, BUT THEY THEY’RE KIND OF
MORPHING BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC YOU’VE GOT MORE KIDS
MORE FAMILY MEMBERS
AT HOME AND FOR A LOT OF US
MORE CHEMICALS WITH ALL THIS
HAND SANITIZER THE
DISINFECTANTS IN THE THINGS
THAT GO AROUND WITH PROTECTING
OURSELVES.
ABSOLUTELY.
OURSELVES. ABSOLUTELY. >> WE’VE GOT TO BE MORE
VIGILANT THAN EVER TO KEEP THE
PRODUCTS THAT ARE DE BEERS OUT
OF THE NAMES OF THE CHILDREN
THAT INCLUDES STORING THEM IN
THEIR ORIGINAL CONTAINERS,
MICHAEL JORDAN STORED OUT
OF SIGHT. THE RECENT PENDAS TO
THAT LEAD TO YOUR HOUSE AND
MAYBE
A BIT. IT IS CLEAR GARZON AND
GATORS THAT ARE REALLY
BUT THEY’RE NOT SAYING SO WE
REALLY NEED TO PUT THOSE AWAY
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE NO
CHILDREN MAKE SURE THAT ALL
EVERYTHING IS STORED IN
ORIGINAL PRODUCT AND DONORS AND
OUR GREAT DEBATE
DON’T RUN.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: RIGHT AND THAT
MIGHT INCLUDE PUTTING A LOCK ON
THE CABINET OR THE DRAWERS OR
ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE KIDS I
THINK THE HOUSE IS THE JUNGLE
GYM.
>> AND THERE YOU CAN SUPERVISE
THEM EVERY SECOND YOU KNOW THEY
THEY GET OUT OF DEBT. IT THAT
YOUR SITE AND THEY’RE VERY
QUICK AND THINGS CATCH THEIR
EYE AND IT’S VERY EASY FOR THEM
TO GET INTO THINGS THAT THEY
SHOULDN’T.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO WE HAVE SO
MANY HOUSEHOLD CLEANING
CHEMICALS RIGHT NOW THERE’S
SOMETHING FOR YOUR BATHROOM FOR
YOUR KITCHEN
FOR YOUR FLOORS EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN AND NOW WITH THE
PANDEMIC I MEAN
SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH
HAND SANITIZER SO MANY
DISINFECTING WIPES THAT ADDED
TO THE PROBLEM WE SAW THE
STATISTICS ARE ARE
SPIKING THERE.
>> ABSOLUTELY THERE’S BEEN TOO
MANY MANY INSTANCES, THE A
RECENT SURVEY BY THE AMERICAN
CLEANING INSTITUTE SAID THAT
IT’S PERCENT
OF THE PEOPLE IN THE END YOU’RE
NOT STORING THOSE PROPERLY BUT
PEOPLE DIE ON WHAT CHILDREN ARE
GETTING INTO SO
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE
OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
IF THEY DO IT INTO SOMETHING
UNIQUE THAT ALL
THE POISON CONTROL CENTER IS
ALWAYS THERE FOR YOU AND THAT
NUMBER I’M GLAD YOU WERE
SHOWING THAT NUMBER ON THE
SCREEN 1, 802 TO 2, 1, TO 2
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU.
AND AND HELP
FIGURE OUT IF THERE’S IF YOU
NEED TO GO TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY AND THIS IS A
SERVICE THAT THAT’S FREE THAT
YOU DON’T HAVE TO WORK THIS OUT
YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE
ANY GUILT IF YOU CALL BECAUSE
ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED I KNOW
THAT MY MOM CALLED WHEN I GOT
INTO
MY DOGS HEARTWORM PILLS WHEN I
WAS A YEAH,
WAS NERVOUS ABOUT THAT, BUT BUT
I’M VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR YOU
KNOW THE EXPERTS AT THE POISON
CONTROL CENTER FOR DOING THAT.
WE TALKED
ABOUT MELATONIN AND NOT JUST
MELATONIN BUT BUT SO MANY OF US
HAVE THESE REALLY
TASTY COMMITTEES AND WE KEEP
MY HEAD AND YOU GET THAT BIG
JAW RIGHT BECAUSE THAT’S HOW
YOU SAVE MONEY WHEN YOU BUY 150
OF THEM. THAT’S RIGHT.
BUT IT’S DANGEROUS FOR THE KIDS
BECAUSE THEY TASTE SO GOOD.
RIGHT.
>> YEAH, AND
THERE’S OTHER. YOU KNOW WE’RE
ALSO RUNNING ILLEGAL DRUGS THAT
ARE NOW SOLD I MEAN, SO WE NEED
TO KEEP ALL KINDS OF THINGS
THAT CHILDREN SHOULDN’T BE
INGESTING OUT
OF THERE OUT OF THEIR REACH WE
JUST HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE
HOUSE IS IF YOU ARE A 2
YEAR-OLD
AND SEE WHAT’S INTERESTING AND
WHAT’S COLORS ALL IN AND MAKE
SURE THAT
THOSE ARE STORED IN LOCKED
CABINETS AND GOT AWAY OR WORDS.
I’M NOT NOT AVAILABLE MEANS AND THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT BUILDING THAT PARENTS DON’T
REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS THEY ARE
TO CHILDREN ANY BATTERY THAT
SUGGESTED IS AND A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY AND NEEDS TO HAVE
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION FOR
THE CHILDREN.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: CERTAINLY
CERTAINLY AND IT’S UP TO THE
PARENTS TO MAKE THAT CALL RIGHT
AWAY NOT TO SIT ON IT NOT TO BE
EMBARRASSED JUST TO BE
TRANSPARENT. AND TELLS EXPERTS
EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED THE
EXACT SCENARIO SO THAT THEY CAN
GIVE YOU THE BEST ADVICE,
YOUR BIRD FROM THE MORRIS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME
THIS MORNING Q DO IN OUR
COMMUNITY, IT’S GOOD TO TO
VIRTUALLY
SEE AGAIN.
>> YES, WELL WE NEED TO
HIGHLIGHT IS DONE AND SAY SO
I’M GLAD YOU’RE YOU’RE ALSO
HIGHLIGHTING
THIS WEEK.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ABSOLUTELY SO
FOR POISON PREVENTION WEEK, THE
CONTROL CENTER ALSO HAS A LIST
OF VIRTUAL EVENTS THAT YOU CAN
TAKE PART IN THEY ARE
GEARED TOWARD PEOPLE OF ALL
AGES, THE FIRST ONE TODAY
IS WITH SAFE KIDS WORLDWIDE.
WE HAVE POSTED THE WEEK’S