Child Resistant Caps

[Fleegle]

Thank-you for that little gem of wisdom. Have you considered posting in future as 'billytheadult'?

[billythekid]

lol maybe but its a struggle lol want to hold on to my childhood lol u no how it is

[Fleegle]

I understand. Thanks Billy.

[howe928]

The Society used to recommend in the MEP that all solid dose and all oral and external liquid preparations were dispensed in reclosable child resistant containers unless:
(i) the medicine is in an original pack or patient pack such as to make this in advisable
(ii) the patient has difficulty in opening child resistant containers
(iii) a specific request is made that the product shall not be dispensed in a CRC
(iv) no suitable CRC exists for a particular liquid preparation
(v) the patient is assessed as requiring a compliance aid.
However, this guidance does not feature in the latest edition of the MEP.

In one pharmacy I worked, staff were told not to place a CRC onto antibiotic liquids as the original bottle and top were classed as a complete system and the child-resistant lids weren't approved tops for the bottles.

When I questioned the manager about this I was referred to an article in the PJ (Child-resistant packaging).
pour the mixture into an amber glass dispensing bottle with a CRC. If you choose the latter option - what happens to the patient leaflet...these are usually attached to the bottle and trying to remove them usually rips them.

pouring the mixture into a complete CRC container system seems to be the answer together with shorten expiry date
- check if glass bottle needed for specific medicines, also make sure there is no debris or broken glasses or plastics in the container; as for patient information leaflet (PIL), printing one out or copying one (copyright issue seems to be overrided by the need to supply PIL) otherwise have a chat with the patient and recorded this into patient medical record (PMR)

[johnep]

Is your childhood the same as your manhood?
johnep