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Designing Your Bathroom for Safety: Pinpointing the Danger Zones
By Amanda Bashore of Your Home Supply
As much as we love our homes, it’s really true what they say about most accidents occur in the home and the bathroom, like the kitchen, is a place where the potential for accidents is fairly high. That is of course unless you are aware of these hazards and have safe guards to help prevent them from happening in the first place. The very things that are essential to the bath are the same things that can cause some serious mishaps if you don’t use some common sense and caution. Electricity in the Bathroom
We all know that water and electricity don’t mix. Add the human body to that and you have disaster. Electrical conductivity of the human body increases when it is submerged or just simply wet. Most bathrooms have what is called GFCI plug-in type sockets. GFCI stands for ground fault circuit interrupter. This is an electrical socket that, if installed properly, can prevent electrical burns or severe or even fatal shocks. When dealing with any electrical problems or upgrades in the bathroom you should consult with a licensed electrician.
The Risk of Burns Scalds from hot water are one of the most common causes of burns, especially in children and the elderly. A Child’s skin can scald faster than that of an adult. Most water heaters are set at 140°F (60°C) to 158°F (70°C). By lowering the temperature on your water heater to 120°F (49°C) you can prevent most of these burns from ever happening.
The Risk of Slipping Slipping and falling is probably one of the most common mishaps in the bathroom. Many falls result in little or no injury and therefore go unreported but there are thousands of falls every year that result in serious injury or even death. Most of these fall related deaths occur in elderly people. There are a number of things you can do to help prevent falls from happening in your bathroom. Make sure you keep your bath floor clean and dry at all times. Clean up any spills right away. Don’t use wax or shine type cleaners on the bathroom floor. Place non-slip mats in the bottoms of tubs or showers and always use throw rugs or other mats with non-slip backings. Install grab bars in shower stalls and bath tubs and even next to the toilet if you have an elderly person in the family. Child Safety in the Bathroom Besides the dangers of scalds and slipping in the bathroom there are a number of dangers that face children in particular. Children love to explore and if there are off-limits or out of the way places most little ones can’t resist trying to find out what treasures you’re keeping from them. This includes, climbing up on the sink or toilet to explore the medicine cabinet. Of course this is where we often store medications, razors, grooming shears, etc. Besides instilling the fact to children that climbing on the sink or toilet can be dangerous, make sure you keep a medications and grooming tools out of reach. The same applies to under vanity storage or a linen cabinet or closet where you might store cleaning products. Small children find some of the colorful liquids especially tempting and may try to drink them. You might want to add child safety latches to sink vanities and locks on any cabinets or closets where you store your cleaning products or anything else that might be dangerous to children. There are a lot of potential dangers in the average bathroom but with just a few additions and changes you can make your bathroom a safer place for the entire family.
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