Post Tagged with: "Out-of-Hospital Medication Errors Among Young Children in the United States 2002–2012"

Medication frequently, unintentionally given incorrectly to young children

Medication frequently, unintentionally given incorrectly to young children

According to researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital, 63,000 children under six years old experienced out-of-hospital medication errors every year between 2002-2012. One child is affected every 8 minutes, usually by a parent with good intentions or an unintentional error by a caregiver. The research was published in the journal Pediatrics. […]

by October 21, 2014