Table 1-Number of Openings: Acceptance (Pass), Continue Testing, and Rejection (Fail) Criteria for the First 5 Minutes and the Full 10 Minutes of the Children's Protocol Test
Test panel | Cumulative number of children | Package openings | |||||
First 5 minutes | Full 10 minutes | ||||||
Pass | Continue | Fail | Pass | Continue | Fail | ||
1 | 50 | 0-3 | 4-10 | 11 + | 0-5 | 6-14 | 15 + |
2 | 100 | 4-10 | 11-18 | 19 + | 6-15 | 16-24 | 25 + |
3 | 150 | 11-18 | 19-25 | 26 + | 16-25 | 26-34 | 35 + |
4 | 200 | 19-30 | 31 + | 26-40 | 41 + |
Standardized Child Test Instructions
Test Instructions for Senior Test
The following test instructions are used for all senior tests. If non-reclosable packages are being tested, the commands to close the package are eliminated.
Adult-Resecuring Procedure
Adult Test
Child Test
[TESTING ORGANIZATION'S LETTERHEAD]
Child-Resistant Package Testing
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is responsible for testing child-resistant packages to make sure they protect young children from medicines and dangerous household products. With the help of people like you, manufacturers are able to improve the packages we use, keeping the contents safe from children but easier for the rest of us to open.
Effective child-resistant packages have prevented thousands of poisonings since the Poison Prevention Act was passed in 1970. The use of child-resistant packages on prescription medicines alone may have saved the lives of over 350 children since 1974.
As part of this program, we are testing a child-resistant package to determine if it can be opened and properly closed by an adult who is between 50 and 70 years of age. You may or may not be familiar with the packages we are testing. Take your time, and please do not feel that you are being tested-we are testing the package, not you.
Description of the Test
Consent Form for Child-Resistant Package Testing
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been using contractors to test child-resistant packages for many years with no injuries to anyone, although it is possible that a minor injury could happen.
I agree to test a child-resistant package. I understand that I can change my mind at any time. I am between the ages of 50 and 70, inclusive.
Birthdate _______________________________
Signature _______________________________
Date _______________________________
Zip Code _______________________________
Office Use
Site: _______________________________
Sample Number: _______________________________
Test Number: _______________________________
Package Number: _______________________________
[TESTING ORGANIZATION'S LETTERHEAD]
Unit Dose Child-Resistant Package Testing
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is responsible for testing child-resistant packages to make sure they protect young children from medicines and dangerous household products. With the help of people like you, manufacturers are able to improve the packages we use, keeping the contents safe from children but easier for the rest of us to open.
Effective child-resistant packages have prevented thousands of poisonings since the Poison Prevention Act was passed in 1970.
The use of child-resistant packages on prescription medicines alone may have saved the lives of over 350 children since 1974.
As part of this program, we are testing a child-resistant package to determine if it can be opened by an adult who is between 50 and 70 years of age. You may or may not be familiar with the packages we are testing. Take your time, and please do not feel that you are being tested-we are testing the package, not you.
Description of the Test
Consent Form for Child-Resistant Package Testing
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has been using contractors to test child-resistant packages for many years with no injuries to anyone, although it is possible that a minor injury could happen.
I agree to test a child-resistant package. I understand that I can change my mind at any time. I am between the ages of 50 and 70, inclusive.
Birthdate _______________________________
Signature _______________________________
Date _______________________________
Zip Code _______________________________
Office Use
Site: _______________________________
Sample Number: _______________________________
Test Number: _______________________________
Package Number:_______________________________
16 C.F.R. §1700.20