Adding flow restrictors to liquid medicine bottles significantly limits unsupervised toddlers’ access to and ingestion of drugs, but researchers and stakeholders say industry standards are needed before manufacturers should enhance packaging.
Flow Restrictors Limit Children’s Access To Drugs; Standards Needed
Only 6% of children emptied medicine bottles with flow restrictors in 10 minutes, compared to 82% who emptied bottles with incompletely closed child-resistant caps within two minutes, a CDC study shows. But researchers and stakeholders suggest waiting for industry standards to implement flow restrictors.