UUHC Health Feed

If Your Child Swallows a Button Battery, It’s an Emergency

There are around 6,000 pediatric ER visits for button battery ingestion every year in the United States. If you even suspect your child may have swallowed a button battery, take them to the emergency ...
FOX5 Las Vegas

Consumer Reports: Button battery safety warning

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CONSUMER REPORTS) - Look around your house. Chances are you’ve got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they’re ...
Consumer Reports

One-Third of Toys and Household Items With Button-Sized Batteries CR Tested Pose a Hazard to Children

Cute strings of fairy lights, little flameless candles, goofy flashing headbands and dress-up clothes, and tons of toys that blink, beep, and buzz. Around the holidays especially, the market is awash ...
Santa Barbara Independent

California Poison Control System and Valley Children’s Healthcare Partner Up to Promote “Button” Battery Safety Campaign

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. California Poison Control System (CPCS) and Valley Children’s Healthcare have teamed up to promote a “Button” Battery Safety ...