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About Button Battery Safety Initiative

The Button Battery Safety Initiative (BBSI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit founded in 2024 by healthcare professionals to prevent button battery injuries in children 

Our Services Include:

  • Education & Outreach – Resources, prevention strategies, and awareness campaigns for families and communities
  • Button Safe Certification – The most rigorous safety certification for products containing button cell batteries
  • Institutional Partnerships – Collaboration with healthcare facilities and businesses”

The Button Battery Safety Initiative (BBSI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2024 by dedicated healthcare professionals to prevent injuries from button battery ingestion. This coalition of medical experts works to educate families about the severe risks these small batteries pose to children. BBSI partners with parents, healthcare institutions, and businesses to implement practical safety solutions and advocate for improved product standards. Through comprehensive resources, community outreach, and professional education, the organization equips caregivers with vital knowledge to identify and secure household hazards. The BBSI is committed to creating environments where children can safely explore without the devastating consequences of button battery exposure. Their multifaceted approach combines awareness campaigns, prevention strategies, and emergency response education to protect vulnerable populations from this growing public health concern.

Show Your Commitment to Button Battery Safety

The Button Safe™ mark highlights your dedication to safer, child-focused product design. Displaying this certification assures families and partners that your products meet the highest safety standards for button battery protection.

Show Your Commitment to Button Battery Safety

The Button Safe™ mark highlights your dedication to safer, child-focused product design. Displaying this certification assures families and partners that your products meet the highest safety standards for button battery protection.

Our Organization Focuses On Three Essential Goals

Educating families and caregivers about button battery dangers

Providing healthcare professionals with prevention and treatment resources

Advocating for improved safety standards and product labeling

Every child deserves to explore their world safely. Through awareness, education, and advocacy, BBSI works to ensure that button battery injuries become a thing of the past.

What We Offer

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Products That Are Button Safe

What We Offer

Parents
Healthcare Professionals
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Products That Are Button Safe
Annual Incidence Data

Button Battery Ingestion - Verified Statistics for Visualization

Approximately 3,500 button battery ingestions reported annually in the U.S. (Sharpe et al., 2012)
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2,800+ emergency department visits annually for children under 6 years (Litovitz et al., 2010)
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Estimated 1 battery ingestion per 11,983 children in the U.S. annually (Jatana et al., 2013)
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Jatana, K. R., Litovitz, T., Reilly, J. S., Koltai, P. J., Rider, G., & Jacobs, I. N. (2013). Pediatric button battery injuries: 2013 task force update. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 77(9), 1392-1399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijporl.2013.06.006

Litovitz, T., Whitaker, N., Clark, L., White, N. C., & Marsolek, M. (2010). Emerging battery-ingestion hazard: Clinical implications. Pediatrics, 125(6), 1168-1177. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2009-3037

Sharpe, S. J., Rochette, L. M., & Smith, G. A. (2012). Pediatric battery-related emergency department visits in the United States, 1990–2009. Pediatrics, 129(6), 1111-1117. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2011-0012

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Annual Incidence Data

Button Battery Ingestion - Verified Statistics for Visualization

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Years of Experience

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