Dosing Accuracy

Current research has found
that parents using dosing cups
to administer medication to
their children are more likely to
make large dosing errors than
those using droppers, spoons or
oral syringes1.
In infants and small children,
even an extra millilitre can
represent a significant increase
in the recommended dose,
making accuracy in measuring
medicine a subject of utmost
importance.
Reckitt Benckiser is committed
to working closely with
pharmacists and pharmacy
assistants to ensure strategies
that reduce errors are available.
For example, Nurofen for
Children’s easy-dose syringe
helps parents measure out the
dose accurately and easily from
the medicine bottle, and is a
practical solution for ensuring
young children get the right
amount of analgesic.
Training is also available on
Reckitt Benckiser’s popular
online training program,
PainPod.
The new PainPod Module 5,
called Kids Pain and Fever,
focuses exclusively on training
pharmacy assistants to
recommend the appropriate
product for a child’s pain and
provides guidance on the types
of questions pharmacy
assistants can ask to help make
the best recommendation.
The training is in line with the
Quality Use of Medicines
principles and on completion of
the module, pharmacy
assistants earn half an hour of
QCPP Approved Refresher
Training.
1. Yin HS et al. Arch PediatrAdolesc Med
2010; 164(2): 181–6.
This week’s contributor
os Richard Moore on
behalf of Nurofen.