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Child Resistant Closures (CRC) are applied to packaging in order to prevent young children from gaining access to harmful contents. This is most commonly seen in the storage of medicines which when ingested by a child can be extremely dangerous and cause poisoning. There are two main types of CRC: reclosable and non-reclosable. In the UK, they are regulated by separate British Standards. This article focuses on the design and use of reclosable packaging which relates to ISO 8317:2003 (ISO, 2003).
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Rodriguez-Falcon, E., Yoxall, A. (2010). Accessibility is in the Palm of Your Hand. In: Langdon, P., Clarkson, P., Robinson, P. (eds) Designing Inclusive Interactions. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84996-166-0_5
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