Unit-dose packaging of iron supplements and reduction of iron poisoning in young children

This article describes a decrease in the incidence of unintentional ingestion of iron by children (and also a significant decrease in mortality) due to unit-dose packaging or 'blister packaging'. These decreases are seen to validate the use of unit-dose packaging as an effective prevention strategy and states that: "this highly effective intervention should be considered for other medications with a high hazard for morbidity and mortality when taken as an overdose".