to think chemist should have used safety cap?

[Flojo1979]

So my dd (3.8) overdosed on penicillin this morning. Prescribed to her for an ear infection.
Whilst I was upstairs getting dressed, assuming she was finishing the last of her weetabix and watching peppa pig.
She was carrying her chair to the kitchen and opened the fridge, stood on chair and got her medicine out.
She then got her medicine spoon off the draining board and gave herself 3 x her usual dose.
AIBU to go to the chemist tomorrow and express my concern (nicely) that they should have used a safety cap since it was prescribed for a 3 yr old?

The thing people took issue with was more the looking for someone else to blame. She left the medicine where it could be reached nobody else therefore she is to blame. Accidents happen but you use that as a time to look what you can change not to find anyone else to blame.

I agree locks throughout the house are OTT but a locked box or medicine cabinet is the ideal location for medication. I'm just talking something small (unless you are like me & have a veritable pharmacy of prescriptions).
Of course this wouldn't have helped the OP because it needed to be stored in the fridge. But this is where out of sight + education comes in. Medicines are serious stuff and should be treated accordingly. Hopefully the OP can teach her DD this for the future.

Am I the only one who thinks that a proper tightening of a cap is enough to defeat a 3 year old.

Personally, I think it is a bad idea to over-rely on "safety products".

Surely you noticed it didn't have a safety cap on when you opened it for the first time?

But why do you need someone to blame for that incident? Incidents happen. They do all the time and this was an incident not an even an accident.

The OP never said she blamed the chemist. She said it would be better if that sort of medicine had a safety cap on. Very different and would make sense.
She also talked about 'expressing concern' and that she thought it would be nice to let the chemist know about the issue so it doesn't happen to someone else. It seems that most products now have a safety cap on. So why not ABs?

My DD could open safety topped bottles at 3yrs She open one for our 84 yr naibour in frount of me.

sorry havinga bad word day

I have numerous medications. The non-fridged ones are in a locked cupboard in the kitchen, and I have a lockable box for the fridge.

But I agree, children's medicines should all be dispensed with childproof caps on. They won't keep the VERY determined DC out, but will buy a little time.

Why are children's medicines different to adult ones though? Surely if you think children's should all have childproof caps then all medinces should as they could still find their way into a child's hands

Childproof caps only work in certain circumstances - they shouldn't be relied upon, rather an extra line of defence.
In our house my 4yo DS can open childproof caps, child gates & safety harnesses, as has been able to since he was about 2. I have limited dexterity & can't! So they are far more mummyproof than childproof.