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Removing the batteries within a couple of hours can prevent serious injury.

Mr Rushton said in New Zealand the problem had only been recognised in the past few months.

The batteries' use in toys and devices such as cellphones, hearing aids and remote controls was increasing.

Parents and grandparents needed to be careful to keep them in hard-to-reach places.

US consumer product safety commission programme manager Tom Phillips said older people had sometimes confused batteries with medication.

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