Plastic Vials With Child-Resistant Caps
A Revolution in Design
In 1986 the Consumer Product Safety Commission conducted a survey of 2,015 accidental ingestions of oral prescription drugs by children under five that had been reported to 9 Poison Control Centers around the country. The findings of this study indicate that all consumers regardless of whether they have young children of their own or not, should always take care to obtain their prescriptions in child-resistant packaging, to close the caps tightly, and to keep medicine stored out of sight and out of reach.
Thirty-one percent of all medication involved in the reported accidental ingestions belonged to someone other than the child's immediate family, such as grandparents and other older adults. The medicines belonging to this group were some of the most toxic in the study and therefore presented the greatest potential for real tragedy. In addition, these individuals may not always think about taking extra precautions to keep their medicine out of reach when young children are around.
According to the survey results, many of the ingestions involved non child-resistant containers that had been dispensed to parents with young children. For example, plastic vials with child-resistant caps to contain pill medicine and liquid ovals to contain liquid drugs. This indicates that some pharmacists are not aware that all oral prescription drugs must be dispensed in child-resistant packaging unless non child-resistant packaging is specifically requested. These parents were dangerously unaware that the packaging provided no child-resistant protection.
Just prior to the accidental ingestion, most medicine was stored where it was convenient to take, which made it readily accessible to children. Kitchen counters, kitchen tables, and kitchen cabinets were some of the most common storage places.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission the American Association of Poison Control Centers, and the Poison Prevention Week Council urge all consumers to use child-resistant packaging and to store medicines out of sight and out of reach whenever young children are around.
Make it easy to open "Push-and-Turn" Containers - With the container resting on a counter or table top
First: PUSH DOWN HARD
Then:TURN LEFT
When children are around: Close containers tightly
These plastic vials with child-resistant caps or call vials with push and turn caps for pills drugs and ovals with child-resistant cap for liquid drugs are very popular in pharmacutical packing industry nowdays.>
Sharps Containers Safety Features
In general, sharps containers used for discarding contaminated needles must be closable, puncture-resistant, leakproof on the sides and bottom, and appropriately labeled or color coded (1910.1030(d)(4) (iii)(A)(1)). Additionally, the Occupational Exposure to Bloodborne Pathogens Standard (1910.1030) prohibits needle removal unless the employer can demonstrate that no alternative is feasible or that such action is required by a specific medical procedure. Needle removal must be accomplished through the use of a mechanical device or a properly performed one-handed technique (1910.1030(d)(2)(vii)(B)). Sharps containers which have well designed unwinders may be used.
Sharps containers should consider the following safety features:
1. The sharps container should be designed so that it is easily and safely determined when the container needs to be emptied; this avoids overfilling and reduces the risk of injury.
2. The sharps container with an unwinder should be stabilized (secured to a wall, table, or tray) to prevent slipping during use.
3. The design of the unwinder must allow the employee to use the unwinder with a one-handed technique; that is, the employee must not be required to secure the needle with one hand while it is being unwound by the other hand.
4. The unwinder should be designed so that the needles do not slip or slide within the unwinder during the needle removal process; the unwinder should provide a secure capture that prevents movement of the needle while it is removed.
Prescription Packaging Raw Materials Lists
The following materials are available for Prescription packaging such as boston rounds，packers，white packers，dropper bottles，droppers，liquid bottles, vials，jars，droppers，syringes，labware, urinals, plastic vials，prescription vials ，facility vials，reversible vials，snap vials，prscription bottles，snap safe vials, amber vials，liquid bottles and oval bottles.
- Plastic Resins, including high density polyethylene, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, other plastic resins
- Paper & Paperboard
- Glass
- Aluminum Foil
- Other Raw Materials