Child-Resistant Packaging

Introduction

In 1967, Dr Henri J. Breault invented the child-resistant locking closure for medicine containers.

• After several unsuccessful attempts, a design called "Palm N Turn" was developed, resulting in a significant 91% decrease in child poisonings.

How Child Proof Caps Work?

Limitations

Child-resistant packaging can present difficulties for some aged individuals or people with disabilities.

External Links

• Perceptions and Attitudes of People with Disabilities and Older Adults about Child-resistant Drug Packaging, 2012
  
• Are child safety caps enough to keep kids out?, 2015
  
• Unintentional child poisoning risk: A review of causal factors and prevention studies, 2017