Safety and first aid A to Z

Parenting

• Personal security for your baby

Patients

• During your hospital stay
• Giving informed consent in hospital
• Going home after a stay in hospital
• Going to hospital
• Information collected by the Medicines and Poisons Regulation Branch of the Department of Health
• Preparing for your stay in hospital
• Your rights and responsibilities as a patient

Pests and insects

• Bed bugs
• Biting midges
• Feral pigeon control
• Fleas
• Guide to selecting a pest management business
• March flies
• Protect your health – keep rats and mice under control

Pharmacy

• Health care options
• Pharmacy

Poisons

• Button batteries
• Buying, using, storing and disposing of household chemicals
• Clean-up guide for small mercury spills in the home
• Essential oils – Health warning
• First aid for bites and stings
• Medicines and poisons
• Mercury and compact fluorescent lamps
• Mercury exposure
• Opioid pharmacotherapy in the community
• Poisoning – first aid
• Pregnancy and pesticides
• Prevent poisoning in the home
• Regulation of poisons
• Storing and disposing of medications
• Understanding the labels on household chemicals
• Using household chemicals safely
• Using pesticides safely

Pregnancy

• Personal security for your baby
• Pregnancy and pesticides