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Child canada goose coats medication measurements confuse parents

Do you know the difference between teaspoons and tablespoons?

Many parents don’t, buy canada goose jacket cheap according to a study published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, which found canada goose black friday sale more than 10,000 calls to the poison center each year are due to liquid medication dosage errors.

The study says part of the reason parents may be confused is because a range of measurement units such as teaspoons, tablespoons and milliliters are often used interchangeably on labels for prescription and over the counter medications.

Parents who used the teaspoon canada goose clearance sale and tablespoon dosage were much more canada goose deals likely to use kitchen spoons to measure their child’s medication and were twice as likely to make an error in medication, according to the study. Parents who measured their child’s medication in milliliters were much less likely to make a dosage mistake.

About 40% of parents in the study incorrectly measured the dose their doctor prescribed.

The problem with teaspoon and tablespoon measurements is that their 2018 canada goose outlet names sound similar, and their abbreviations, tsp. Shonna Yin said.

Pediatrician Dr. Jennifer Shu said that in her practice, doctors prescribe in milliliters only, to decrease the Canada Goose Online likelihood of medication errors and overdoses.

“If I give a sample of a liquid medication in my office, canada goose clearance I also give a syringe and show the parent where the marking is for the dose,” Shu said.

Parents should always use the canada goose replica dosing device, such as the cup or syringe, that comes with their child liquid medication. Kitchen spoons are not a standard dosing device and aren’t safe to use, Shu said.

Shu also recommends that parents record the time and dosage of medicine they give their child, to make sure that Canada Goose Parka they’re not giving too much or too often. Centers for Disease canada goose store Control and Prevention, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices have all recommended using milliliters as the canada goose outlet store locations only standard unit of measurement for liquid https://www.canadagoosejackets7v.com medications.

According to the study, adopting a milliliter only unit of measurement would reduce confusion and decrease medication errors, especially for parents with low health literacy cheap Canada Goose or limited canadian goose jacket English proficiency.

If you suspect you have given your child an incorrect dose of medication, call the Poison Control Center at 1 800 222 1222. is spiting itself by Canada Goose Coats On Sale cheap Canada Goose Parkas avoiding the metric system that EVERY other advanced nation including the British use.

Not only do we make things difficult for ourselves, we limit the exports we can make to the rest of the work. Caterpillar, at one point, realized it could save money by buying 25 canada goose mm. thick steel from a foreign company than 1 thick (25.4 mm.) steel from an American company.

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July 14, 2014 at 13:21

If only you were right about us in the UK completing changing to metric! Unfortunately, while most things are designed and manufactured in metric units, many people still use the imperial units (the English system as I believe you call it and the Medieval system as I call it). I have a website devoted to the damage this continued use of medieval units is doing to our children education. Every single one has come with either a syringe type dispenser (in the case of infant meds) or a small cup that is clearly labeled with both tsp and ml. What medication are these parents giving to their kids that it doesn come with a clearly labeled dispenser? Adult meds?

Also, it sad when 40% of parents have no idea how to use measuring tools they never cook or bake? My 2nd grader has a basic knowledge of units of measurement. It sad that many adults Canada Goose online don have the same.

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