Safety concerns over button batteries in wristbands handed out at AFL grand final

Wristbands containing button batteries handed out at the AFL grand final on Saturday night in Brisbane have raised serious concerns for child safety, Kidsafe Queensland says.

Jesani Catchpoole found the wristband device on her kitchen bench the next morning, after her husband brought it home from the game.

“I’m a mum with three boys and I also work at the Queensland Injuries Surveillance Unit where we normally look at emergency department data and pick up a few issues around injuries, especially for the kids,” she said.

“The button battery is one of the things we looked at and we know how dangerous it is.

“It scares me that it was so easy to remove the button batteries, but I was kind of grateful that I was the first one who saw it —…