Note teaspoon sizes to avoid drug overdose in children
July 16th, 2010 - 12:48 am ICT by IANSLondon, July 15 (IANS) Parents should not give their children medicine from an ordinary teaspoon because of the risk of overdose, experts have warned.
A survey has found that a child could easily be given too much or too little medicine as the teaspoons vary in capacity from 2.5 ml to 7.3 ml, reports express.co.uk.
So, rather than using ordinary spoons, parents should use the spoon provided with a medicine or buy a syringe or spoon with measurements on it, experts said.
“Teaspoons are unreliable dosing devices, and thus their use should no longer be recommended,” said professor Matthew Falagas, one of the authors of the report.
“Syringes are cheap and could give parents greater confidence that they have dispensed the correct dose,” he added.
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