Citation

Gulaid JA, Hadsall RS, Sacks JJ, Wertheimer AI. Public Health Rep. (1974) 1990; 105(4): 430-432.

Affiliation

Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA 30333.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Association of Schools of Public Health)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2116650

PMCID

PMC1580067

Abstract

In an investigation of the prevalence of safety packaging of medications, 131 randomly selected Minneapolis and St. Paul households with children were surveyed in 1985. Of the 1,953 oral medications in these households (mean was 14.9 per home), 43.3 percent did not have safety packaging. Over-the-counter medications were less likely to have safety packaging than prescription medications (over-the-counter 53.1 percent, prescription 25 percent). This high prevalence of medications without safety packaging in households with children could increase the risk of childhood poisoning. Strategies to reduce this potential risk are discussed.

Language: en