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8 Ways to Prevent Medication Errors in Kids - US News and World Report


8 Ways to Prevent Medication Errors in Kids
A new study finds that medication errors are common in children. Here is how to keep your child safe
By January W. Payne


Posted: May 3, 2010

A child with a chronic medical condition, such as sickle cell anemia, cancer, or epilepsy, may require several doses of medication per day—a routine that can be tough to keep up with. So tough, in fact, that a new study, presented Monday at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver finds that errors in giving medications to children at home are not uncommon. Researchers identified 128 medication errors—such as giving too much or too little of a drug—during visits to the homes of 83 children between December 2007 and September 2009. Seventy three of those errors had the potential to harm the child, while 10 errors actually caused injury.

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