PEDIATRICS Vol. 61 No. 5 May 1978, pp. 750-752
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Child-Resistant Locks in Poison Control

Richard H. Godwin M.D.1

1 Garden City, New York

Three child-resistant locks were incorporated into a medicine cabinet, an under-the-sink cabinet, and a vanity box. Three hundred 3- to 5-year-old children were tested against these locks. Only two were able to open the receptacles, whereas all 50 of a group of adults and teenagers similarly tested were able to open all of the containers.

The use of adequately protected medicine chests and under-the-sink cabinets is urged as a further step toward the complete prevention of poisoning in children.

Submitted on December 8, 1977
Accepted on February 7, 1978




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