I have seen a mixture with on counter and over the counter.
However, with prescription only medicines I think I have only seen ml
From: "Martin Vlietstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:38036] Re: Medical errors USA
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 20:20:46 -0000
They never use "teaspoons" only, but they might refer to a "5 ml teaspoon".
I can only rely on memory as there is nothing in our medicine cabinet at
the moment that is taken by the teaspoon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: [USMA:38035] Re: Medical errors USA
> Martin, do the UK package directions state the dose volume in
milliliters
only?
>
> In the U.S., there is a greater tendency now to express the dose in
milliliters,
> but it continues to be framed in the context of a teaspoonful. Why this
is
so is
> purely public relations, because the United States Pharmacopoiea no
longer
> recognizes apothecary units (as of 1995).
>
> Paul T.
>
> Quoting Martin Vlietstra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > The use of the word "teaspoon" for medicinces is hardly ever (never?)
used
> > in the UK these days. Most medicines have a plastic 5 mL teaspoom or
a
> > small measuring cup with 5 mL, 10 mL, 15 mL and 20 mL graduations.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Paul Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, February 25, 2007 6:11 AM
> > Subject: [USMA:38031] Re: Medical errors USA
> >
> >
> > > On Sat, Feb 24, 2007 at 09:29:28PM +1100, Pat Naughtin wrote:
> > > > Might I suggest that you look at some of these references
extracted
> > > > from the 'Institute for Health Freedom' web page.
> > > >
> > > > Institute of Medicine Reports that Medication Errors Harm 1.5
Million
> > > > Patients Annually
> > > >
> > > > The Institute of Medicine (IOM) reports that medication errors
harm
at
> > > > least 1.5 million patients every year. This figure includes drug
> > > > errors in hospitals, nursing homes, and among Medicare
outpatients.
> > > > But it is a conservative estimate because it does not account for
drug
> > > > errors in doctors? offices or by patients themselves.
> > >
> > > To give you a bit of an idea of the issues it can cause:
> > > * Hospitals are metric. Almost exclusively (they interface with
patients
> > > in imperial, but everything is written down in metric).
> > > * Pharmacies are metric
> > > * General practitioners are a mixed bag, largely not understanding
> > > metric (or refusing to acknowledge it's existence).
> > >
> > > In my own experiences, I've had a pediatrician try to describe 4ml
as
"a
> > > little bit less than a teaspoon". I asked if she really meant 4ml,
to
> > > which she said yes, but wrote down 1tsp anyway on the prescription.
When
> > > the pharmacist saw it, they asked how much my daughter weighed and
then
> > > went ballistic as she was being prescribed an overdose. Oddly, after
> > > ensuring that I knew that the proper dose was 4ml, the pharmacist
> > > insisted in writing down 1tsp as that's what was on the
prescription.
:(
> > >
> > > It'd be really interesting to find out hard statistics on dosage
errors
> > > based on using imperial in a metric world.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
> Public Relations Director
> U.S. Metric Association, Inc.
> Phone (432)528-7724
> www.metric.org
> 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
> Midland TX 79707-2872 USA
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>
>
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