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• Child Safety Handbook
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The Safety Centre aims to reduce child injury through a broad range of activities.

A home safety checklist and a series of 16 fact sheets are now availablefor download or call (03) 9345 5085

The fact sheets are available in three separate sets according to the age of the child:

Bringing baby home

Safety information for new and expectant parents.

• Bringing Baby Home (PDF 2 MB)
• Safe babysitters tipsheet, booklet, and magnet notepad (PDF)
• Wise Choices: Safe Children DVD orders form

The Birth to 12 Months set includes fact sheets on:

• Car passenger safety (PDF)
• Children and safety with pets (PDF)
• Choking and suffocation (PDF)
• Fire safety (PDF)
• Home safety (PDF)
• Kitchen safety (PDF)
• Nursery furniture and safe sleeping (PDF)
• Poisoning prevention (PDF)
• Preventing falls (PDF)
• Water safety (PDF)

The Toddler set includes fact sheets on:

• Toy safety for pre-school (PDF)
• Backyard and playground safety (PDF)
• Pedestrian safety for your child (PDF)

The Pre-school set includes fact sheets on:

• Farm safety (PDF)
• Holiday safety (PDF)
• Sport and recreation safety (PDF)

Child Safety Handbook

A guide to injury prevention for parents of 6 - 12 year olds, compiled with the support and expertise of RCH staff.

Safety centre handbook - complete 20 chapters (PDF 1.5 MB) 1-Road Safety (PDF 165 KB) 2-Water Safety (PDF 165 KB) 3-Playground Safety (PDF 165 KB) 4-Safety In Sport And Recreation (PDF 123 KB) 5-Being Sun Smart (PDF 132 KB) 6-Fire Safety In The Home (PDF 105 KB) 7-Wildfire Safety (PDF 51 KB) 8-Child Safety On Farms (PDF 74 KB) 9-Venemous Creatures (PDF 139 KB) 10-Dogs n Kids (PDF 180 KB) 11-Safety At Home (PDF 106 KB)  12-Preparing For Emergencies (PDF 89 KB) 13-Safe Retrieval And Disposal Of Needles (PDF 45 KB) 14-Severe Allergies (PDF 51 KB) 15-Children With Asthma (PDF 90 KB) 16-The Safety House (PDF 75 KB) 17-Responsibility And Independence (PDF 49 KB) 18-Protective Behaviours (PDF 49 KB) 19-Children And Online (PDF 98 KB) 20-Posters (PDF 179 KB)

Kids and dogs

• Kids and dogs - A resource kit for health professionals (PDF 1.8 MB)
  • Brochures
    • Kids and dogs - English (PDF 300 KB)
    • Arabic  (PDF 625 KB)
    • Chinese (PDF 625)
    • Italian  (PDF 750 KB)
    • Turkish (PDF 700 KB)
    • Vietnamese (PDF 705 KB)

Additional fact sheets

• Guards and Screens for heaters and open fires
• Low Cost Alternatives for Child Injury Prevention