APhA is following the lead of the Institute for Safe Medication Practices from five years ago (https://www.ismp.org/pressroom/PR20110808.pdf ).
> On Mar 17, 2016, at 16:12, Peter Goodyear <p...@alphalink.com.au> wrote: > > Hi, everyone, > > The American Pharmacists association has adopted a new policy of labelling > and measurement of oral liquid medication in millilitres only, no teaspoons > or tablespoons. (Why did it take so long?) > > To quote from their press release: > Labeling and Measurement of Oral Liquid Medications > > APhA supports the use of the milliliter (mL) as the standard unit of measure > for oral liquid medications. > APhA encourages the mandatory use of leading zeros before the decimal point > for amounts of less than one on prescription-container labels for oral liquid > medications. > APhA discourages the use of trailing zeros after the decimal point for > amounts greater than one on prescription-container labels for oral liquid > medications. > APhA supports access to and universal availability of dosing devices with > numeric graduations that correspond to the unit of measure that is on the > container's label for oral liquid medications. > The press release includes some horrifying Emergency Department statistics on > admissions of children due to dosing errors. > > The press release is here: > http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/apha-house-delegates-adopts-policy-guide-labeling-measurement-oral-liquid-medications-2107022.htm > > I’ve posted it to Reddit and comments will be here: > https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4av3dk/american_pharmacists_association_adopts_policy_to/ > > > > Regards, > > Peter Goodyear > > p...@alphalink.com.au > > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > USMA@colostate.edu > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
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