> Of Paul Trusten, R.Ph. >the temptation on the part of U.S. patients will be to ask, >"What is that in teaspoonsful?" >But, as time goes on, the metric measure will be promoted by > physician, pharmacist, and nurse, and the patient provided >with a dosing tube to measure the dose volume in milliliters only. >I'm working on this as we speak.
The issue of correct self dosing of liquid is not unique to metric units. I thought liquid medicines for delivery by non-medical staff always came with a measuring device. I tried to find official guidance or regulation but did not succeed. Can you clarify whether a measuring device is always provided? My search revealed these articles that I think are interesting: http://www.pjonline.com/ijpp/Abstracts/200306/105.html 48.6% of parents measured the correct dose (+/- 0.5 ml) with a syringe. http://www.pjonline.com/pdf/papers/pj_20030816_riskmanagement.pdf "With viscous medicines such as Calpol that a 5 ml medicine spoon may contain anywhere between 3.29 and 7.43 ml depending on what level it is filled to" [see article for interesting comment about measuring cups too].
