43,000 Children Each Year drop in bathroom

Children like to play water, it is not surprising when the bath is their favorite. However, the condition of the bathroom can be slippery to bring disaster that is not desired. Data in the United States showed 43,000 children injured due to slip and fall in the bathroom every year.

According to data published in the Pediatrics online every day there are 120 children who are injured due to slip and fall in the bathroom. Number is constant during the last 18 years. "What is interesting is the attention our accident frequency in the bathroom," said Dr.Gary A. Smith, director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy, USA.

Previously, researchers have also revealed the high number of accidents in the bathroom, but the focus it is burnt due to hot water, submerged in bathtub, and almost drowned. "This is a serious problem," said Smith.

To press the number of accidents, Smith urges that producers produce bathtub and shower are more secure. "Manufacturers need to revise again the standard criteria of safety and strengthen their production," he said.

In addition, parents also should be more vigilant in supervising their children while in the bathroom. "Use a rubber pad to prevent slippage and the slip," he said. Parents must also be accompanied while in the bathroom. Brush and clean bathrooms regularly to avoid slippage.

According to Smith data collected since 1990 to have known in 2007 that 791,200 accidents befall children aged under 18 years and caused them to be taken to hospital due to accidents in bathtub and shower.

According to the study, the accident most often experienced by children aged 2 years. In general, there are 54.3 percent of children aged 4 years and below the injury. The majority (71.3 percent) occurred in the bathroom, and 97.1 percent of accidents in the house.

Fall, slip, stumble, or is it most (81 percent) accidents in the house. Part of the body injured in 48 percent of the face, followed by the head and neck (15 percent).