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Many parents in the UK are failing to realise the severity of hazards within the home. Accidental injury is one of the biggest single causes of death in the UK of children aged over one. This means that more children die as a result of accidents each year than they do of illnesses such as meningitis.
Many of these accidents happen in and around the home and can quite easily be avoided. By identifying risks within your home you can take steps to ensure that you keep your children safe and gain peace of mind.
Some of the most common accidents that happen around the home relate to the stairs, a trip or fall at the top of the stairs can cause potentially fatal injuries. It is therefore important to eliminate this risk by using child safety products such as stair gates. By using a stair gate you can effectively cordon off any areas (such as the stairs) that your child could hurt themselves on.
Many accidents also happen in the kitchen area of the home due to the nature of the area, a hot oven left open, a pan handle protruding over the edge of the cooker or unsecured cupboard doors can be a real hazard for active children. A child stair gate can be the simplest way of elevating these risks as you can install it in any doorway to create zones in which your child cannot access.
Every year, around one million children under the age of 18 are taken to hospital due to accidents that have happened around the home and many more are treated by their GP. It is far better to pre-empt accidents than for them to occur. There is an online checklist which takes you through all of the child safety products that you might need to make your home safe. The tool which is provided by child safety product specialists, Safetots is easy to use and ensures that you can cover every aspect of safety within your home.
Safetots have been established for over ten years as specialists in child safety products. With many years of experience they have built up a solid database of advice and knowledge relating to all aspects of child safety. You can find anything from plug socket protectors to stair gates on their easy to use website. Recommended by previous customers you can sleep soundly when ordering your baby safety equipment from Safetots.
