Medication organizers (pill minders) increase the risk for unintentional pediatric ingestions

• Published in: Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.) Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 897 - 901
• Main Authors: Wang, George Sam, Hoppe, Jason A., Brou, Lina, Heard, Kennon J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 14.09.2017
• Subjects: Accidents, Home; Age Factors; Case-Control Studies; Chi-Square Distribution; Child; Child Behavior; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Drug Overdose - diagnosis; Drug Overdose - etiology; Drug Overdose - psychology; Drug Packaging; Drug Storage; Emergency Service, Hospital; Female; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Infant; ingestions; Logistic Models; Male; medication storage and organizers; Odds Ratio; Pediatric; pill minders; Poisoning - diagnosis; Poisoning - etiology; Poisoning - psychology; Prescription Drugs - poisoning; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Tertiary Care Centers; ingestions; medication storage and organizers; pill minders; Pediatric

Objective: Medication organizers may help improve medication compliance; however, they may increase the risk of having an unintentional pediatric exposure. The objective of this study was to measure the association between a pediatric emergency department (ED) visit for an unintentional pharmaceutic...