Women’s and Children’s Health Update: Button Battery Epidemiology and Product Related Issues

In this episode:

 
– Hazards associated with button batteries for children
– Determining which batteries are dangerous and the triggers
– Primary prevention of redesigning the battery is required to not be hazardous to the child
– Recommendations to try and prevent this injury

Host: Dr Terri Foran, Sexual Health Physician; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Women’s and Children’s Health, UNSW

Guest: Dr Ruth Barker, Emergency Paediatrician; Director, Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit

Total time: 18 mins
 
Recommended Resource:
BBC Button Batteries

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