Table 5.

Poison Center Calls for Solid Dose Medication Exposures Among Children Aged ≤5 Years, by Exposure Circumstances^a

Exposure Circumstances	Prescription Onlyb		Available OTC Only, CRP Required for All		Available OTC Only, CRP not Required for Allc
	n	%	n	%	n	%
Type of Container
Original Packaging	644	42.4	1,045	71.0	1,070	79.5
Original Bottle or Container	574	37.8	902	61.2	953	70.8
Unit-dose Packaging	70	4.6	143	9.7	117	8.7
Removed from Original Packaging	783	51.5	371	25.2	215	16.0
No Container	518	34.1	279	18.9	154	11.4
Alternate Containerd	265	17.4	92	6.3	61	4.5
Different Container Types	2	0.1	0	0.0	4	0.3
Unspecified Container Type	91	6.0	57	3.9	57	4.2
Intended Recipient
Adults	1,232	81.1	940	63.8	887	65.9
Parent	616	40.5	756	51.3	707	52.5
Grandparent	466	30.7	108	7.3	111	8.3
Another Adult	150	9.9	76	5.2	69	5.1
Children	148	9.7	237	16.1	204	15.2
Child Who Ingested the Medicine	18	1.2	179	12.2	114	8.5
Another Child	130	8.6	58	3.9	90	6.7
Anyone in Household	0	0.0	119	8.1	62	4.6
Other/Unspecified Recipient	140	9.2	177	12.0	193	14.3
Total	1,520	100	1,473	100	1,346	100

OTC=over-the-counter; CRP=child-resistant packaging

^aData collected from February-September 2017. Excludes 157 cases in which the prescription status could not be determined or in which both a medication that is available by prescription only and a medication that is available OTC were implicated.

^bMost implicated prescription medications require CRP.

^cIncludes 33 cases in which both OTC products that do and that do not require CRP were implicated.

^dIncludes pill minders/organizers, pill boxes, containers intended for other medications, sandwich-type plastic bags, food containers, and other container types.