Martin et al., We’ve experienced one big one since 2011: the Institute for Safe Medication Practices, which eliminated household measurements (teaspoons, etc)from U.S.healthcare. Concentrations and dosing for all oral liquid medications sold in the US, be they OTC or Rx only.
ALL pharmaceutical products sold and used in the United States are made and sold in metric standards, except that some bulk liquids are sold in legacy volumes. But the metrication of all PRODUCTS does not eliminate the problem in pharmaceutical calculations. As long as there are two systems of measurement in the US, there remains a risk, as you point out, Martin, that calculating specific doses for patients in mass per kilogram of body mass can go awry if patient mass (weight) kilograms and pounds get confused. We still live in a WOMBAT nation!! See an upcoming “Americans In Great Measure” column in “Metric Today.” > On May 23, 2020, at 13:17, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Paul (Trusten)-- Perhaps you could give us the citations for the medical > organizations that have now recommended or required metric units, > specifically because of the errors, some accounting for the 30,000 annual > deaths from medical mistakes introduced by using non-metric system. I > understand that this is particularly a problem with pharamceuticals because > people make mistakes in calculations when they use the complicated legacy > system. --Martin Morrison > _______________________________________________ > USMA mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma > > _______________________________________________ USMA mailing list [email protected] https://lists.colostate.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usma
