Medication Safe Storage Day of Action
October 2025
The tenth Day of Action was on October 22, 2025 and focused on medication safe storage and disposal. You can search the hashtag #StoreMedsSafe on X, Instagram, and LinkedIn to see some of the great posts from participants and partners.
T4CIP trainees were asked to promote #StoreMedsSafe messages during a targeted Day of Action, but these materials are available to use year-round.
Lead Topic Expert
Dr. Hannah Hays
Nationwide Children’s Hospital
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Poison Help
Medicine Safety Tips for Traveling
Lock Box
Medicine or Candy?
Create a Safe Medicine Storage Plan
Get Rid of Medicine Safely
Having Visitors?
Outreach Materials from Trusted Partners
The Up and Away and Out of Sight program has a number of FREE materials and resources to help you learn more about keeping your children safe by storing medicines safely. Click through to download or order materials.
The PRevention of Overdoses and Treatment Errors in Children Taskforce (PROTECT) Initiative is an innovative collaboration bringing together public health agencies, private sector companies, professional organizations, consumer/patient advocates and academic experts to develop strategies to keep children safe from unintentional medication overdoses.
Articles from HealthyChildren.org, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) parenting website:
Materials from Safe Kids Worldwide:
Medication Safety toolkit from Prevent Child Injury
National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse (NCAPDA): Kids Medicine Safety
This webinar was part of T4CIP's #StoreMedsSafe Day of Action. It highlights real stories, practical strategies, and tools that both families and healthcare professionals can use to help prevent medication-related injuries in the home.
Whether you're a medical trainee, caregiver, or community advocate, you’ll leave with actionable steps to support safer storage and disposal practices in your home, clinic, hospital, or community.
Learn from experts:
Dr. Hannah Hays (Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Central Ohio Poison Center)
Dr. Kevin Osterhoudt (Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Poison Control Center at CHOP)
Dr. Wendy Stephan (University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine and the Florida Poison Information Center)
Moderated by Dr. Kiesha Fraser Doh (Emory School of Medicine and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta).