Packaging, Labelling & Storage

Container
 According to USP, it holds the article
and is or maybe in direct contact with
the article
 Container Types
o According to Their Ability to Protect their Contents
from External Conditions
o Well-closed

o Tightly-closed

o Hermetic container

o Light-resistant

o Child-resistant

o Tamper-proof container

o According to Content or Capacity

o Single Dose

o Multiple Doses
 Well-Closed Container
 It protects the content from extraneous solids and
from loss of the article under ordinary conditions of
handling, shipment, storage and distribution
Well-Closed Container
 Tightly-Closed Container
 It protects the contents from contamination by
extraneous liquids, solids or vapors, from loss of
the article and from efflorescence, deliquescence or
evaporation under the ordinary or customary
conditions of handling, shipment, storage and
distribution and is capable of tight re-closure
Tightly-Closed Container
 Hermetic Container
 It is impervious to air or any other gas
under the ordinary or customary conditions
of handling, shipment, storage and
distribution
Hermetic Container
 Light-Resistant Container
 It provides protection from the degradative effects
of light by reducing light transmission
Light-Resistant Container
Light-Resistant Container
 Child-Resistant Container
 A container that is significantly difficult for children
to open or to obtain a harmful amount of its contents
within a measurable time and that is not difficult for
normal adults to use properly.
Child-Resistant Container
 Tamper-Evident Container
 A packaging that has one or more indicators or
barriers to entry which if breached or missing, can
reasonably be expected to provide visible evidence that
tampering has occurred
Tamper-Evident Container
 Film wrapper
Tamper-Evident Container
 Blister or strip pack
Tamper-Evident Container
 Bubble pack
Tamper-Evident Container
 Shrink seal or band
Tamper-Evident Container
 Foil, paper or plastic pouch
Tamper-Evident Container
 Bottle seal (inner cap)
Tamper-Evident Container
 Tape seal
Tamper-Evident Container
 Breakable caps
Tamper-Evident Container
 Sealed tubes
Tamper-Evident Container
 Sealed cartons
Tamper-Evident Container
 Aerosol container
Single Dose
 Ampules
Single Dose
 Cartridge
Single Dose
Multiple Dose
 Container Materials
 Glass
 Type I – highly-resistant borosilicate
glass
 Type II – treated soda-lime glass

 Type III – soda lime glass

 Type IV – general purpose soda-lime

glass