Pediatric OTC and Rx dosage errors reach 43% for parents using a dosing cup but 16.7% with a 0.2 mL oral syringe, according to researchers who say recommending oral syringes over cups, particularly for small doses, should be part of a comprehensive pediatric labeling and dosing strategy.
Researchers question the accuracy of dosing using cups commonly included with liquid drugs after finding 84% of parents measure the wrong amount of medicine and are four times more likely with cups than syringes to dose inaccurately.
The percentage of attempts with errors per parent when using a cup reached 43%, but 16.7% with a 0.2mL syringe...
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