Ukuphepha kwezokwelapha nezingane

Minyaka yonke, izingane eziningi zilethwa egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo ngoba zithathe umuthi ngengozi. Umuthi omningi wenziwa ubukeke futhi unambitheke njengoswidi. Izingane zifuna ukwazi futhi zikhangwa yimithi.

Iningi lezingane lithola umuthi lapho umzali wazo noma umnakekeli engabheki. Ungazivikela izingozi ngokugcina imithi ikhiyiwe, ingafinyeleleki futhi ingabonakali. Qaphela kakhulu uma unezinsana eziseduze.

Amathiphu okuphepha:

• Ungacabangi ukuthi ikepisi elimelana nengane lanele. Izingane zingathola ukuthi zivulwa kanjani amabhodlela.
• Faka ukhiye ongavikeleki ezinganeni noma ubambe iKhabhinethi ngemithi yakho.
• Beka umuthi ngokuphepha njalo uma usetshenziswa.
• Ungalokothi ushiye umuthi ekhawunteni. Izingane ezinelukuluku lokwazi zizogibela esihlalweni ukuze zifinyelele entweni eziyithandayo.
• Ungashiyi umuthi wakho unganakiwe. Izingane zingathola umuthi ekhabetheni lakho eliseceleni kombhede, esikhwameni sakho, noma ephaketheni lejakhethi.
• Khumbuza izivakashi (ogogo nomkhulu, abagada izingane, nabangane) ukuthi basuse imithi yabo. Bacele ukuthi bagcine izikhwama zemali noma izikhwama ezinemithi eshalofini eliphezulu, kude lapho zingatholakali khona.
• Susa noma imiphi imithi emidala noma ephelelwe yisikhathi. Shayela uhulumeni wakho wasedolobheni ubuze ukuthi ungayishiya kuphi imithi engasetshenziswanga. Ungafaki imishanguzo ethoyilethi noma uyithululele kudiphu. Futhi, ungaphonsa imithi kudoti.
• Ungathathi umuthi wakho phambi kwezingane ezincane. Izingane ziyakuthanda ukukukopisha futhi zingazama ukuthatha umuthi wakho njengawe.
• Ungabizi umuthi noma amavithamini uswidi. Izingane zithanda uswidi futhi zizongena kwezokwelapha uma zicabanga ukuthi nguswidi.

Uma ucabanga ukuthi ingane yakho ithathe umuthi, shayela isikhungo sokulawula ubuthi ku-1-800-222-1222. Kuvulwa amahora angama-24 ngosuku.

Iya egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo eliseduze. Ingane yakho ingadinga:

• Ukunikezwa amalahle acushiwe. Amalahle amisa umzimba ekwamukeleni umuthi. Kufanele inikezwe kungakapheli ihora, futhi ayisebenzi kuyo yonke imithi.
• Ukungeniswa esibhedlela ukuze babukwe ngeso elibukhali.
• Ukuhlolwa kwegazi ukubona ukuthi wenzani umuthi.
• Ukuze kubhekwe izinga lokushaya kwenhliziyo yabo, izinga lokuphefumula, nomfutho wegazi.

Lapho unikeza ingane yakho umuthi, landela lawa macebiso okuphepha:

• Sebenzisa umuthi owenzelwe izingane kuphela. Imithi yabantu abadala ingaba yingozi enganeni yakho.
• Funda izinkomba. Bheka ukuthi unganikela malini nokuthi ungawunikeza kangaki umuthi. Uma ungaqiniseki ukuthi yini umthamo, shayela umhlinzeki wezokunakekelwa kwempilo yengane yakho.
• Khanyisa amalambu bese ulinganisa umuthi ngokucophelela. Linganisa umuthi ngokucophelela ngesipontsho, isipuni semithi, ithawula noma inkomishi. Ungasebenzisi izinkezo ezivela ekhishini lakho. Abalinganisi umuthi ngokunembile.
• Ungayisebenzisi imithi ephelelwe yisikhathi.
• Ungasebenzisi umuthi kadokotela womunye umuntu. Lokhu kungaba yingozi enganeni yakho.

Shayela udokotela uma:

• Uyakholelwa ukuthi ingane yakho iphuze umuthi ngephutha
• Awuqiniseki ukuthi imuphi umthamo womuthi ozonikeza ingane yakho

Ukuphepha kwemithi; Ukulawulwa kobuthi - ukuphepha kwemithi

I-American Academy of Pediatrics, iwebhusayithi ye-Healthy Children.org. Izeluleko zokuphepha kwemithi. www.healthychildren.org/English/safety-prevention/at-home/medication-safety/Pages/Medication-Safety-Tips.aspx. Kubuyekezwe uSepthemba 15, 2015. Kufinyelelwe ngoFebhuwari 9, 2021.

Izikhungo Zokulawulwa Nokuvimbelwa Kwezifo iwebhusayithi. Beka imithi yakho phezulu futhi kude futhi ungabonakali. www.cdc.gov/patientsafety/feature/medication-storage.html. Kubuyekezwe ngoJuni 10, 2020. Kufinyelelwe ngoFebhuwari 9, 2021.

Iwebhusayithi ye-US Food & Drug Administration. Ungayilahla kuphi futhi kanjani imithi engasetshenziswanga. www.fda.gov/consumers/consumer-updates/where-and-how-dispose-unused-medicines. Kubuyekezwe u-Okthoba 9, 2020. Kufinyelelwe ngoFebhuwari 9, 2021.

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