Proper medication dosing for infants emphasized to ensure safety and efficacy Dose 2 Weight Syringe, a United States-based medical dispenser company, is spotlighting the importance of accurate infant ...

Children get sick and injured no matter how well adults protect them. It's natural to want to ease their discomfort when they're not feeling well. Acetaminophen, commonly known by the brand name ...

DENVER — Pharmaceuticals company Perrigo Co. announced Friday a voluntary, nationwide recall of liquid acetaminophen for infants, noting that some packages contain a syringe that does not have proper ...

The syringes were much less likely to result in errors than the cups. Both types of syringes yielded similar results. Overall, about two-thirds of the medication mistakes involved giving kids too much ...

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recently pointed out that measuring doses with certain oral syringes can be confusing for healthcare practitioners and patients, and that this can ...

We conducted our study at 2 baby-oriented health fairs open to the public in Los Angeles County (Long Beach and Torrance), California, during September and November 2006. All study procedures were ...

A total of 102 people consented to participate in the study; 96 completed all 3 components. Three participants did not complete the premeasurement survey or measurement demonstration portion and were ...