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Medication Safety 2013

Medication Safety 2013. Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids Erin Donaldson, Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine.

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Medication Safety 2013

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  1. Medication Safety 2013 Safe Storage, Safe Dosing, Safe Kids Erin Donaldson, Safe Kids Kenosha-Racine • Safe Kids Worldwide has partnered with McNeil Consumer Healthcare, the makers of Children’s Tylenol, to raise awareness of medication-related poisonings to children 5 and underthrough research and education. • 39 coalition grants were awarded.

  2. Campaign Goals • Educate parents, grandparents and caregivers • Raise awareness in the community and in the media • Establish partnerships to enhance impact • Core Messages • Store medicines safely • Give medicines safely • Get rid of expired or unused medicinessafely • Talk to family and friends about medicationsafety

  3. So what’s Going on in Wisconsin? The Medication Grant was awarded to two coalitions: Kenosha-Racine and Dane county

  4. Our poison center works very hard! • In 2012: • The center handled 44,324 cases which does not include follow up calls. Patients are followed from admission to discharge. • There were approximately 125 calls per day. • 1/3 of calls came from medical professionals.

  5. Racine and Kenosha Counties were # 6 and #10 out of our 72 counties. • #1 Milwaukee • #2 Dane (State Capital) • #3 Waukesha (next to Milwaukee) • #4 Brown (Packer Country!) • #5 Outagamie • Our top 10 are all Eastern Wisconsin (with one college town exception) and all have populations of 100,000+

  6. Top 10 substances involving poisoning in the state Ages 6-19 Analgesics** Cosmetics/ personal care Household cleaners Foreign bodies/ toys Topical preparations** Antidepressants** Sedatives** Stimulants and street drugs** Antihistamines** Pesticides • Age 5 and younger • Cosmetics/ Personal care • Analgesics** • Household cleaners • Foreign bodies/toys • Vitamins** • Topical preparations** • Antihistamines** • Gastro preparations** • Electrolytes and minerals** • Dietary supplements/ herbs**

  7. 2012 Summary of poisonings for Racine and Kenosha counties Pharmaceutical substances: 1,464 or 58 % • Non Pharmaceutical substances: • 1,081 or 42 %

  8. What are we doing? • Partnering: • Community Pharmacies (Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare and Walgreens) • Distribution of 14,000 medication fact cards. • Health Fair activities: • Encourage caregivers to enter the Poison Center number in their phone right then. • Pills or Candy Activity with children and caregivers www.pillsvscandy.org • School partners: Head Start, teen parent programs, local school who serves low income families and requires parent involvement, parent information sessions, orientations • Social service agency (Chat and Chew program), • Walgreen’s Community rooms and nursing home visits planned for the future! • EMS week events • Local radio and TV stations • Family Literacy program: ESL families

  9. “You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have…” • Successes • New partnerships • Fun, hands on activities • Media (Channel 58 Milwaukee) • Foot in the door at new schools • Awareness with non-parent caregivers • Learning about how our community members have used the Poison Center in the past. • Getting to speak at this conference!!! • Challenges/ Barriers • Need for Spanish materials (resolved!) • Time frame changes…Today Show • PowerPoint • Pre/Post-test • ‘Formal’ presentation • Getting people to understand why this applies to them

  10. Thank you! • Contact information: • Erin Donaldson • Erin.Donaldson@wfhc.org • Racine, WI • 262-687-3366 • www.safekidswi.org

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