Away From The Damage Of Battery

Based on my discussions with subject matter experts at the recent Annual Meeting and Training Symposium of ICPHSO (International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization), ingestion is only one of the ways that these coin cell batteries do harm. They are also inserted in ears, nose and eye cavities. Additionally, a significant number of adults, especially the elderly, are treated for ingestion or insertion injuries. Adults may be cognitively disabled, yet other possibilities also include scenarios in which the elderly are changing the batteries in their hearing aids �� placing the new one in their mouth while removing the old (or vice versa) and then unintentionally swallowing the battery cell for any one of several reasons, such as sneezing, forgetting about the button cell battery, etc.

Adults may be able to get treatment very fast, if they are aware of the hazard associated with batteries and seek medical treatment immediately. Yet, they need to be informed of the hazard too, as it may be counter-intuitive to know that such a small, round, old (seemingly discharged) metal hearing aid battery can do material physical harm.

Obviously, children and cognitively disabled adults are at far greater risk. Even if they are old enough to communicate, they may not inform a parent or caregiver of the ingestion, nor tie together the symptoms they later experience with the ingestion.

Be safer. Place all your electronic products that utilize these silver oxide batteries in a place that is not accessible to your children. Note that these coin cell batteries are also in many car keys. When you buy the batteries for storage, do not leave them out on a table until you can put them away. Store them safely immediately. Do not use your car keys as a plaything and keep them away from children.

Time is of the essence in getting treatment. In an in-vitro study conducted by Intertek Group plc,[ii] utilizing laboratory samples of porcine (pig) esophagi (which are similar in nature to the human esophagus), serious burns were evident within two hours of placement of a button cell battery on the laboratory tissue, and an actual perforation through the tissue is burned within 4 hours.

There is little time to act. If you think your child swallowed a battery, don’t stop to think ��maybe she’ll be O.K., it’s small, and she’ll poop it out.�� You don’t have the time to consider that. Get the child to the emergency room and let them confirm whether or not the button cell battery is there and how to treat her. Do not let the child eat or drink until an x-ray can determine is a battery is present. Do not induce vomiting.

The Battery Controlled posted Emmett’s Story. Frankly, it’s hard to watch, even if Emmett and his family are bravely and positively moving on and dealing with his lifelong medical problems arising from his ingestion of a battery. Energizer and Emmett’s family want you to learn from Emmett’s experience to avoid this from happening in your home.Energizer and Safe Kids USA established a safety partnership to address this growing child safety hazard �� though we need to note that injuries also are sustained by adults. They launched an effort called The Battery Controlled, committed to raising awareness of this issue and sharing information with parents to help prevent injuries. They place the burden on you to prevent this product from injuring your family.

www.battery-products.com, specialized in dry cell battery manufacturing, Chung Pak was found in 1980. Its head office is based in Hongkong, with one battery products manufacturing factory located in Shunde, Guangdong, Mainland China, employing a total of approximately 1,800 professionals of battery products. Started as being a battery manufacturer, Chung Pak has now developed to have diversified of paper separator, zinc products, metal plastic parts and tools manufacturing in addition to the core battery products manufacturing business.