GD9 CTW fileÒ  Medical004, Õ Keeping healthy is important to all of us. Two items that we rely on to help us keep healthy are our medicine cabinet and our first aid kit. Here are some guidelines to keep these two essentials in good working order. Every year we should clean out our medicine cabinet and throw away all old prescriptions and medicines. If there is no expiration date listed for the prescription, look at the container and throw it away if it is damaged. Medicines older than a year should be discarded. If there is no label on a container, discard it as well. You should always keep your medicine cabinet locked if there are small children living in the house. Every home should have a first aid kit. It should be locked and stored in a safe place, and it should be easy to retrieve when necessary. Take note of what you have stored in your first aid kit, and replenish all items that are missing or in low quantities. Whenever you have to use an item in the kit, be sure to replace it immediately. You may consider having two first aid kits so that one can be stored in your automobile when traveling. Your first aid kit should include essential items such as the following: roll of gauze, bandages, cotton balls, calamine lotion, antiseptic soap, aspirin, safety pins, scissors, antihistamines, and prescription drugs for any members of the family who might need them. Other items you may want to include are a thermometer, tweezers, petroleum jelly, and cloth that could be used as a tourniquet.