Safety checklist
Consider the following additional safety products. For relevant purchases, check that the products meet Australian safety standards.
General living areas
- Home and contents insurance
- Electric socket covers
- Barriers and lighting over stairways
- Heater guards
- Laminated (shatterproof) glass for glass doors (with safety stickers)
Kitchen
- Fire extinguisher or blanket
- Stove guards (keep pots from tipping)
Bedrooms
- For safety tips on bunk beds, read the Bunk Bed brochure in the Safety for Kids in the Home series
- Cots comply with the Australian Standard AS2172 or folding cots comply with the voluntary standard AS/NZS 2195:1999 (further information is available in the Cots brochure in the Safety for Kids in the Home series)
Bathrooms/toilet
- For homes built before 1998, have a device installed to control hot water delivery in personal hygiene areas to 50 degrees centigrade
- For homes built after 1998, either ensure the device has not been disconnected, or have the device fitted to personal hygiene areas
- Grab rails
- Non-slip adhesive stickers and mats for baths and wet areas
- Shower screens are made from safety glass
- A lockable cabinet for medicines, cleaning fluids and hazardous objects, including scissors, razors and hair dryers.
Play areas
- Safety pads on trampolines in a bright colour to completely cover the springs, hooks and the frame.
- Safe toys made by known brands with no sharp points or parts that could break off and cause choking.
Publications
Safety for kids in the home brochure series:
- Baby walkers (PDF 190kb)
- Baby bath supports (PDF 440kb)
- Basketball goals (PDF 635kb)
- Bunk beds (PDF 510kb)
- Candles (PDF 750kb)
- Cots (PDF 185kb)
- Curtains and blind cords (PDF 385kb)
- Flotation toys (PDF 470kb)
- Furniture (PDF 450kb)
- Skimmer boxes (PDF 160kb)
- Soccer goals (PDF 445kb)
- Trampolines (PDF 280kb)
More information
Contact us for more information about product safety of for copies of the Safety for kids in the home brochure series.