Button Battery Ingestion

10/03/2022

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Following a roundtable on button battery safety hosted by Paul Scully MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers at the end of last year, I am very pleased to see the Office for Product Safety and Standards has taken forward the issues identified in that discussion through a number of strands of work including producing guidance for businesses who manufacture, import, distribute or sell any products that use button (also known as non-lithium) or coin (also known as lithium) batteries at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/using-button-and-coin-batteries

Paul Scully MP, Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Labour Markets has also committed to setting up a working group on button battery safety.

04/03/2022

Button batteries: out of reach, out of danger

Do you know the symptoms of a button battery ingestion or insertion?

Button batteries can cause fatal or life long injuries in as little as 2 hours!

If unwitnessed, it can be extremely hard to diagnose as it may mimic many common illnesses or show no symptoms at all.

Look out for:
- Coughing, gaging and/or sore throat
- Chest pain, grunting and/or labored breathing
- Drooling, nausea and/or vomiting
- Bleeding, discharge or vomiting of blood
- Food and drink refusal
- Lethargy and fever
- Dark green or black stool

If you suspect a Button Battery has been swallowed or inserted, immediately call the Poison Information Center 13 11 26 for 24/7 expert advice.

For more information visit https://bellasfootprints.com.au/

09/02/2022

A DEVASTATED couple told how their baby son died after swallowing a button battery. Little Hughie McMahon, one, suffered catastrophic organ damage after the pill-sized power cell from a toy lodged …

27/01/2022

Button batteries: out of reach, out of danger

Are there button batteries in your house?

Button batteries can kill your child if they swallow one and it get stuck in their food pipe.

Look out for the thin ones about the size of a 5p piece (lithium coin cells).

Keep them well out of reach and check products for them.

Find out more http://ow.ly/68HG50HCm8p

24/01/2022

Prompt action from parents avoided the worse

https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/little-girl-who-ate-battery-25653411.amp?fbclid=IwAR2T9tVmJkfJnId-Plh-9navurCLRVWOcm8gcEawQOMDdUKgzXLLPoep5eg

Sarah Wallace, nine, swallowed a small button battery from a remote control for her nightlight after enjoying the texture of putting a necklace in her mouth.

13/01/2022

Check out guidance just published by the European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) about the dangers of button batteries

11/01/2022

Channel 7 Weekend Sunrise interviewed Allison Rees from Bellas footprints to explain the new Australian button battery safety standards coming into effect on...

10/01/2022

Button batteries: out of reach, out of danger

⚠️ Are you currently in lockdown?

⚠️ Do you have young children in your home?

⚠️ In Australia, 20 children a week present to Emergency after swallowing or inserting a button battery into their eyes, ears or nose.

⚠️ That’s more than 1,000 children a year!

⚠️ While you’re at home, make this lockdown count by ensuring all items in your home containing button batteries have secure battery compartments.

❤️ You can also help us reduce these injuries by donating and supporting our billboard campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of button batteries.

To make a donation visit: https://www.givenow.com.au/crowdraiser/public/bellasfootprintsbuttonbatterycampaign