Ga. Groups: Medications Left Out, Improper Use Of Child-Resistant Containers A Risk To U.S. Kids

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February 13th, 2020

The new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University’s School of Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center finds that more than half of the time when children get into prescription pills, the medications had already been removed from the child-resistant container by an adult.

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Across the country, tens of thousands of young children are treated in emergency departments each year after ingesting dangerous prescription medications.

A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University’s School of Medicine and the Georgia Poison Center places the blame largely on parents and grandparents.

Dr. Dan Budnitz is the director of the Medication Safety Program for the Atlanta-based CDC.

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