Cricket fans are being advised to throw away promotional wristbands handed out at matches this month, after a child swallowed a potentially deadly button battery in Queensland.

The public notice warning parents about two promotional wristbands containing button batteries. ( Supplied: Alinta Energy )

Alinta Energy and Cricket Australia distributed approximately 3,000 of the rubber wristbands at the One Day International at the MCG on January 18 and the first Test at the Gabba on January 24.

One child in Queensland had to receive medical treatment after ingesting the battery and is being monitored.

The family contacted Alinta Energy advising their child had swallowed the battery from a wristband handed out at the Gabba.

In a statement, the company said it had reached out to the family to offer support.

A spokesman said similar wristbands had been distributed at cricket games in the past, using different branding, with no apparent incidents.

Queensland Health said every week in Australia an average of four children presented to emergency departments after swallowing a button battery.

While nationally, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said about 20 children presented to emergency each week, from ingesting or inserting button batteries.

This morning Queensland Health Minister Steven Miles told ABC Brisbane it was the first he had heard of the problem wristbands.

"The first thing I'd say is just encourage anyone who was at those games at the Gabba on the 24th or the MCG on the 18th to dispose of those wristbands according to the health advice and then if there's anything more to do you might not mind giving me a bit more time to work on it," he said.

Philip Orr says it took two seconds to get the board out of the back of the band. ( Supplied: Philip Orr )

Philip Orr also thought about giving the wristbands to his grandchildren until he saw the warning.

"I thought there would be a problem. The electronics are just tucked under a flap on the back and can easily be taken out," he said.

"A very poor design to start with, that beggars belief it passed safety tests at all."

A Brisbane mother from Pinjarra Hills in Brisbane told ABC Radio Brisbane she was not surprised about the warning.

"My husband said woah … you can get that battery out pretty easily and I just pulled it straight out of the back," she said.

"Probably should have said something but didn't think much of it at the time."

The small round batteries are easy to swallow and have contributed to the deaths of two Australian children in the past.

The batteries can lodge inside a child's gastrointestinal system and an electrical current immediately triggered by saliva, can cause a chemical reaction that can severely burn the child's oesophagus and internal organs.

Parents are being urged to dispose of the wristbands immediately.