medication dosage error

As the warm weather recedes, coughs, sneezes, sore throats, and tummy aches become more prevalent. And when your child complains that they aren’t feeling well, it’s important to know how to dose their medication correctly. An analysis of calls to U.S. poison control centers found that a child under six experiences a medication error at […]

Something as seemingly benign as giving a child oral liquid medication has created quite a stir in the news recently. The culprit: using teaspoons and tablespoon-based medicine instructions. In fact, using this type of measurement doubled a parent’s chances of inaccurately dosing their child. Confusion about proper medicine dosing has contributed to over 10,000 calls […]