Parents- We’re doing it Wrong…
According to a new study in the journal of Pediatrics, many parents are making dosing […]
According to a new study in the journal of Pediatrics, many parents are making dosing errors when giving medicine to their children! By using a syringe instead of a cup or spoon would prevent many of those errors….
When parents used dosing cups, they had four times the odds of making a dosing error, compared to when they used an oral syringe…
The article from CNN.com reads in part….Pain relievers and other medications made specifically for children usually come in liquid formulations and, when accuracy is critical, oral syringes are considered the gold standard. Yet, even for this best practices tool — and certainly for methods such as cups and spoons — other factors can baffle the worried parents of a sick child.
