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 <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/ <https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4av3dk/american_pharmacists_association_adopts_policy_to/> Regards, Peter Goodyear [email protected]
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