{"id":76,"date":"2020-12-03T03:38:33","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T03:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepreparedpharmacist.com\/?p=76"},"modified":"2020-12-10T04:59:29","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T04:59:29","slug":"pharmacy-tidbit-%f0%9f%92%8a%f0%9f%a4%93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepreparedpharmacist.com\/?p=76","title":{"rendered":"The Poison Prevention Packaging Act"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Today’s topic is child-resistant containers and closures. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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First take away is that physician’s CANNOT provide a blanket order. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hospital inpatient prescriptions are not required to be child-resistant. Prescriptions filled by a hospital outpatient pharmacy ARE required to be in child-resistant packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Customized patient medication packages (med paks) are not exempt from the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. They must be child-resistant, placed in an outer container that complies or patient must consent to non child-resistant packaging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several medications that themselves are exempt from child-resistant packaging. A few examples are sublingual nitroglycerin, oral contraceptive packages and inhalers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Today’s topic is child-resistant containers and closures. First take away is that physician’s CANNOT provide a blanket order. Hospital inpatient prescriptions are not required to be child-resistant. Prescriptions filled by a hospital outpatient pharmacy ARE required to be in child-resistant packaging. Customized patient medication packages (med paks) are not exempt from the Poison Prevention Packaging … <\/p>\n

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