...that the criterion for giving the drug should be stated using the Celsius temperature scale.
Yes--in the U.S., the Joint Commission (national healthcare accrediting body) has issued a guideline stating that all pediatric patients should be weighed in kilograms only and their weights stated in kilograms only. (I have urged the JC to suggest that ALL patient weights be measured and stated in kilograms only and their heights measured and stated in meters only.) Paul T. Quoting Pierre Abbat <p...@phma.optus.nu>: > > On Sunday 18 January 2009 16:39:48 Paul Trusten, R.Ph. wrote: > > 1)Celsius orders > > 2)Celsius thermometers > > 3)Celsius-educated staff > > What do you mean by "Celsius orders"? Which of those should come first? > > Saturday morning on Parents' Journal there was a segment on premature babies, > and the speaker mentioned that the babies' masses are given in grams. > > On Sunday 18 January 2009 14:05:39 Jason Darfus wrote: > > I think you're right in suggesting that immigrants, most of whom are > > inherently from metricated countries, feel it's not their place to > > complain about the way things are done here regarding measurement. > > The thought of producing some kind of a handout to be given to > > immigrants in the grocery store has occurred to me. This could be > > produced in an attractive way, written in multiple languages, and > > would ask the patrons to request of store management the posting of > > metric pricing signs in the produce, deli, and meats departments for > > example. The stores would also have to be equipped with switchable > > scales, as all the grocery stores I visit use scales that are only > > capable of displaying "lbs". I've written to the stores I shop at and > > my request has been summarily ignored, but they probably would take > > notice if they received many similar requests. I've even offered to > > buy a new dual unit hanging scale for a local coffee roaster/store if > > they'd price their beans by the kilo or 100g in addition to their > > lbs. Again there was no response. > > This sounds like a very good idea. One store I go to fairly often (about 3 km > from here) serves a large Hispanic population, and I've also heard French > there. Across the parking lot is a full-size Asian grocery store. What should > the flyer say? I think it's important to inform the immigrants that metric is > the legally preferred system here, and that asking for it is not out of > place. > > Most of the people in church are immigrants; all are immigrants or children > of > immigrants. Many work in construction. I think that if the construction > companies metricated, the surveyors would follow suit, whereas surveyors, who > work from hundred-year-old deeds in chains, poles, and other obsolete units, > are unlikely to metricate by themselves. > > Pierre > > -- Paul Trusten, R.Ph. Public Relations Director U.S. Metric Association (USMA), Inc. www.metric.org 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 Midland TX 79707-2872 US +1(432)528-7724 mailto:trus...@grandecom.net
