TY - JOUR
AU - Alexander, Michael M.
AB - An Evaluation of Child-Resistant Prescription Table 1. Frequency of Vial Openings b y Subject Classification Containers Utilized by Arthritic Patients TO THE EDITOR: The use of safety closures is one approach VIAL TYPE : P T SQUEEZ E L U 1 3 to the reduction of childhood medication poisonings. " Al- though various child-resistant prescription containers INDIVIDUA L VIAL : A C D F B J E G H I K L (CRPC) are available commercially, many adults have 4 6 Exacerbation difficulty opening these vials. " In actual community use, (group of 17) 10 10 9 12 0 4 67662 6 Lane et al. reported that patients given CRPCs experi- enced significantly greater difficulty opening them than Remission (group of 33) 24 26 26 28 17 20 31 24 26 19 18 27 patients given non-safety containers.' Th e arthritic patients especially had difficulty opening their vials. CRPCs were Control (group of 50) 48 47 49 46 30 38 39 42 40 35 20 35 not closed properly by 15 percent of the patients. Even with instructions, 14 percent of the patients were unable PT = palm and turn ; LU = line up arrow or slot. to 
TI - An Evaluation of Child-Resistant Prescription Containers Utilized by Arthritic Patients
JF - Drug Intelligence & Clinical Pharmacy
DO - 10.1177/106002808001401119
DA - 1980-11-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/an-evaluation-of-child-resistant-prescription-containers-utilized-by-OMm4Iq7AQJ
SP - 794
EP - 795
VL - 14
IS - 11
DP - DeepDyve
ER -