Child-resistant cardboard medicine boxes launched
CRC boxes can hold most medicines |
Recloseable cardboard medicine cartons that meet the international standard for child-resistant packaging were announced by the Finnish company StoraEnso last week.
The cartons are made from newly developed tear-resistant cardboard and
can only be opened with a co-ordinated two-hand
action. This, the company says, makes them easy for adults to open, but
keeps the contents from the hands of small children.
“No special child-resistant features are needed for the inserts
because the carton is classified as a recloseable package,” said
Marcus Dehlin, StoraEnso’s research engineer responsible for the
pack’s
development.
This means that the cartons can be filled with ordinary blister strips
of tablets or
capsules, or even with ampoules, vials or
pre-filled syringes.
Manufacturers wishing to use the new boxes will need to buy special packaging
machinery because the cartons are intended to be manufactured in situ
immediately before filling. |
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