Button batteries

Five top tips for keeping your children safe from button batteries in the home.

Tips from CAPT

Follow our tips to keep a child safe

Button batteries can badly hurt or even kill a small child if they swallow one. They are the same size as a coin, so can be easily ingested.

  • Look around your home for button batteries. Think toys, lights, remote controls and more.

  • Check for products with loose backs and button batteries that have dropped out.

  • Store button batteries in a safe place, up high and out of a child’s reach.

  • Dispose of used button batteries as soon as you can. They are still unsafe.

  • If you think a child may have swallowed a button battery, go straight to A&E or call an ambulance.

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