Abstract & Overview
Child-Resistant packaging is substantial requirement especially when it is related to pharmaceuticals. Children under five years old are the most groups in risk of drug poisoning, as a result of their constant passion and attracting their attention to medicines, especially the distinctive color and small size. Due to the presence of medicines for adults, especially chronic diseases that require the presence of the drug always at home with exciting properties for the passion of a young child who is affected by colors and the small size which they can insert easily into their mouths. The child-resistant features attached to packages may present a problem (e.g., how to open the package) to its potential user (child or adult). Many of these features are used with the primary packaging and less for the secondary ones. Are these features efficient with available cost or not. Evaluation of each one might be varied according to package structure, level and child behavior. Therefore, the importance of adding some features in the pharmaceutical packaging Child-Resistant, in order to achieve the safety of children with a targeted age (children under 5 years old). By adding these special properties to the pharmaceutical packaging it will affect the design of the pharmaceutical packaging. Finally, this paper aimed to review and evaluate the child resistant features & securing methods that are used with pharmaceutical products in the Egyptian market, with which are available globally, then make a comparison between them by description and analysis.