Liquid medication dosing errors in children: role of provider counseling strategies.

Shonna Yin; Benard P. Dreyer; Hannah A. Moreira; Linda van Schaick; Luis Rodriguez; Susanne Boettger; Alan Mendelsohn

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Liquid medication dosing errors in children: role of provider counseling strategies.

June 4, 2014

Yin S, Dreyer BP, Moreira HA, et al. Acad Pediatr. 2014;14(3):262-70.

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Errors are very common when parents administer medications to their children. According to this study, counseling by emergency department staff that included demonstration with an actual dosing instrument was associated with a lower incidence of errors. However, counseling alone did not seem to improve safety.

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