• Home
  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Events
  • The Blog
  • Failures Within
  • Contact

Seek to Misconstrue   + a

Failure: The Blog  

August 2018

  • When This Executive Was Fired, He Took Charge
  • Obeying The Speed Limit Has Never Been More Fun
  • London Black Cabs Helped Uber Grow
  • Bette Graham Created A Product To Fix Her Mistakes
  • Flamin' Hot Cheetos Had An Interesting Start

July 2018

  • Fear This Instead Of Failure
  • Re-Releasing Songs Created Success
  • A CEO's Purposeful Mistake
  • The Tardy Student And The Unsolvable Problem
  • Fixing Potholes Through Graffiti

June 2018

  • A Surprising Mistake In The Oxford English Dictionary
  • US Army Embraces Mistakes
  • Blocking A Hymn
  • Eddie Shore Was Truly A Tough Guy
  • [Video] Elon Musk Didn't "Pivot" He Failed

May 2018

  • 8 Examples of Mental Toughness Part 2
  • Necessity Turned Accessory: Allen Iverson's Sleeve
  • This Doctor Has Continued To Fail
  • 8 Examples of Mental Toughness
  • MIT Accidentally Creates New Smelting Process

April 2018

  • Johnny Cash Quit Singing Lessons
  • Cruise Control Came Out of Frustration
  • Time Spent Gaming Pays Off In The Navy
  • Rock Around The Clock Was a Commercial Failure
  • Sigmund Freud Should Have Been Discouraged

March 2018

  • Superman Couldn't Fly
  • This School Shares Failures
  • Jim Croce's Parents Hoped He Would Fail

[More archives...]

« The “Back To The Future” Script Was Rejected
Swanson’s Leftover Turkey Issue Brought Success »

Blister Packs Are Annoying. Also, They Save Lives.

April 3rd, 2017 - by Alyssa Shea

When was the last time that you could say something that annoyed you also saved your life? Blister packs can definitely claim that to be true!

blister packs failure
Photo © Flickr User cygnus921

So how could annoying little packages actually save lives? Ezekiel Emanuel explained in an article from Opinionator:

“In September 1998, Britain changed the packaging for paracetamol, the active ingredient in Tylenol, to require blister packs for packages of 16 pills when sold over the counter in places like convenience stores, and for packages of 32 pills in pharmacies. The result: a study by Oxford University researchers showed that over the subsequent 11 or so years, suicide deaths from Tylenol overdoses declined by 43 percent, and a similar decline was found in accidental deaths from medication poisonings.”

Something that really irks people should be considered a failure yet blister packs have successfully saved lives!

Share on TumblrSubmit to redditShare via email Share

Related Posts

  1. [VIDEO] How Taking A Gamble Saved Lives
    Normally, messing around on YouTube and watching random videos could seem like a total waste of time. But one man took an idea he saw in a video and discovered a way to save lives.
  2. Netflix Had A Great Reason For Annoying Their Rivals
    While some may believe that going against the grain within the realms of TV broadcasting may be a terrible idea, Netflix has been doing just that. Ted Sarandos provided an excellent reason as to why he is doing just that.
  3. World War II: Still Raging
    Although it’s been many years since the close of the Second World War, technicians throughout Europe are still dealing with the aftermath. In fact, the conflict claimed three more lives.

This entry was posted on Monday, April 3rd, 2017. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


© Copyright 2009-2021 Robby Slaughter - All Rights Reserved • Theme from Web Considerations, LLC