A Small Battery. A Serious Threat.
If a child swallows a 20mm coin lithium battery, it can get lodged in the throat and start burning within 15 minutes.
In as little as 2 hours, injuries can be life-threatening and ongoing tissue damage may continue even after the battery is removed.
A Revolutionary Breakthrough
Energizer® Ultimate Child Shield™
The WORLD’S ONLY coin lithium battery that prevents ingestion burns if swallowed.
Our no-burn technology eliminates the risk of oesophageal burns.
Safety features that you can see
Our Colour Alert technology activates once saliva interacts with the battery, visibly dyeing the mouth blue in seconds to alert caregivers of a possible ingestion.
Bitter taste helps discourage swallowing
Our coin lithium batteries include a non-toxic bitter coating on the cell that discourages swallowing and helps prevent ingestion.
Safety feature by design
Our child-resistant packaging provides security to help prevent children from accessing batteries in the package.
Look for the Energizer® Ultimate Child Shield™ pack to ensure you are purchasing the world’s only coin lithium battery that helps prevent ingestion burns.
Energizer®Ultimate Child Shield™ are the World’s Only 20mm Coin Lithium Batteries that eliminate the risk of burning when ingested. No other coin lithium batteries on the market have this safety feature. Energizer®Ultimate Child Shield™ features our Colour Alert technology which dyes the mouth blue upon contact with saliva indicating possible ingestion. The batteries also have a non-toxic bitter coating that helps discourage swallowing and helps prevent accidental ingestion, in addition to child-resistant packaging.
Energizer®Ultimate Child Shield™ are the only coin lithium batteries in the world that eliminate the risk of burning when ingested. There is no other coin lithium battery on the market with the no-burn technology safety feature.
Each year more than 3,500 coin cell batteries are swallowed, largely by curious children*. Early symptoms such as coughing can be easily missed. If a coin lithium battery is swallowed, it could cause fatal internal burns in as little as 2 hours.
* Source: https://www.poison.org/battery.
The most popular devices that take coin lithium batteries are key fobs, remotes, smart tags/wearables, small toys and home/kitchen gadgets like kitchen scales/thermometers.
The formula reacts within seconds when the cell interacts with saliva.
Energizer®Ultimate Child Shield™ is compatible with all devices.
Yes, Energizer®Ultimate Child Shield™ provides the same ingestion burn protection for cats and dogs.
In all cases of battery ingestion, even a suspected case, the most important thing to do is seek immediate medical attention.
