Blog Archive - 2011

Summer is here, and with summer comes lots of swimming! Our team at Nettune and Banasiak Orthodontic Associates found some helpful pool safety tips. * Install a fence at least four-feet high around all four sides of the pool. The fence should not have openings or protrusions that a young child could use to get over, under, or through. * Make sure pool gates open out from the pool, and self-close and self-latch at a height children can’t reach. * Never leave children alone in or near the pool, even for a moment. * Keep rescue equipment (a shepherd’s hook – a long pole with a hook on the end – and life preserver) and a portable telephone near the […]