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 ...

A sick child is worry enough, here’s one way parents can avoid additional anxiety. Many parents are making dosing errors when giving medicine to their children, a new study suggests , but using a ...

When a prescription for a liquid medication is given to a caregiver, clinicians may not ponder the implications of understanding by the caregiver of proper measurement of a dose. After all, how hard ...

(Reuters Health) - More than four in five parents give children the wrong dose of liquid medicines, a dangerous error that might be avoided by administering drugs ...