How To Effectively Prevent Children From Taking Medicine By Mistake

How to effectively prevent children from taking medicines by mistake? 1. Try to choose medicines with child-safe packaging. 2. Keep them out of reach of children. 3. Medicines should be stored centrally. Medicines to prevent children from imitating parents' actions out of curiosity. For some special medicines such as family planning medicines, Chenghunning oral tablets, potassium permanganate effervescent tablets, etc., they should be properly stored.

Among the measures to prevent children from taking medicines by mistake, the use of child-safe medicine packaging is one of the most effective methods. Because there are no relevant regulations in the country, and it involves the transformation of the entire drug production line, the cost increases, so there are certain difficulties in the promotion process.

Therefore, it is suggested that medicines that are always in the family and seriously harmful to children's health, such as adult cardiovascular and cerebrovascular medicines, diabetes medicines and psychotropic medicines, can be listed in the management catalog, and it is clearly required that they must be packaged in children's safety and take the lead in implementing them. In terms of policy, certain support is given to pharmaceutical companies that use child-safe packaging of medicines, such as opening a green channel for review and approval, so that relevant legislative work can be gradually established. "