Open AccessIs the test of senior friendly/child resistant packaging ethical?
Author(s) -
Bix Laura,
De La Fuente Javier,
Pimple Kenneth D.,
Kou Eric
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
health expectations
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.314
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1369-7625
pISSN - 1369-6513
DOI - 10.1111/j.1369-7625.2009.00534.x
Subject(s) - usability , legislation , test (biology) , psychology , internet privacy , computer science , medicine , human–computer interaction , political science , paleontology , law , biology
Research has documented the drastic reduction of unintentional poisonings of children since the introduction of child resistant (CR) packaging. However, studies also indicate that consumers report difficulty using CR packages, in part because tests which determine the ‘senior friendliness’ of CR designs that are used throughout the world disallow people with ‘overt or obvious’ disabilities from being test subjects. Our review of drug package usability suggests that the current tests of CR packaging can and should be revised to correct this problem. We use US legislation, regulation and data to exemplify these points, but the conclusions are applicable to all protocols that include the exclusionary provision.