Gulaid J A, Hadsall R S, Sacks J J, Wertheimer A I
Division of Injury Epidemiology and Control, Centers for Disease Control, Public Health Service, Atlanta, GA 30333.
Public Health Rep. 1990 Jul-Aug;105(4):430-2.
In an investigation of the prevalence of safety packaging of medications, 131 randomly selected Minneapolis and St. Paul households with children were surveyed in 1985. Of the 1,953 oral medications in these households (mean was 14.9 per home), 43.3 percent did not have safety packaging. Over-the-counter medications were less likely to have safety packaging than prescription medications (over-the-counter 53.1 percent, prescription 25 percent). This high prevalence of medications without safety packaging in households with children could increase the risk of childhood poisoning. Strategies to reduce this potential risk are discussed.
在一项关于药品安全包装普及率的调查中，1985年对明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗市131个随机抽取的有孩子的家庭进行了调查。这些家庭中的1953种口服药物（平均每家14.9种），有43.3%没有安全包装。非处方药比处方药更不容易有安全包装（非处方药为53.1%，处方药为25%）。有孩子的家庭中无安全包装药品的高普及率可能会增加儿童中毒的风险。文中讨论了降低这种潜在风险的策略。
