Here is the video: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/accidental-overdose-parents-are-terrible-measuring-kids-meds-n153926
Is it true the syringe was in milligrams and not millilitres? Or was this a special syringe calibrated for the 12 mg/mL for the Tamiflu? A problem with this is that parents may keep the milligram calibrated syringe around for future use and mistake the milligrams for millilitres. From: Harry Wyeth Sent: Tuesday, 2014-07-15 23:42 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:54159] NBC News Did you catch it? On tonight's (July 15) NBC TV world news with Brian Williams, there was a piece on the medication screw-ups with mL, teaspoons, tablespoons, etc. discussed. At the end the NBC staff MD, Nancy Snyderman (sp?) finished up by telling people to exclusively use syringe-like liquid medicine dispensers marked in mL, and "I think it is time to switch to the metric system." Williams added, "At least for this purpose". HARRY WYETH
