Kitchen safety

Kitchen safety
Quiz for parents and carers
Answers
1: a.
Child-resistant tops aren’t completely childproof.
Some young children can open them in seconds – just
at the moment your back is turned! So move cleaning
products onto a high shelf out of reach. Or put them in
a cupboard with child-resistant locks.
2: c.
It’s important to use the back rings on the cooker and
to keep pan handles turned away, so that small hands
can’t grab them.
3: b.
If you have to use a chip pan, then make sure it is only
a third full with oil. And never leave chip pans
unsupervised because they can catch fire very quickly.
4: c.
Small children choke much more easily than adults,
as their throats are much narrower. They can even
choke on soft things like grapes. So cut food up into
small pieces.
5: b.
Make sure you only relax with a hot drink when there
is no chance you might scald your baby. It’s a
surprising fact that a mug of tea or coffee can still
scald a baby 15 minutes after it’s been made because
their skin is so much thinner than an adult’s.
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