In a recently released policy statement, the AAP called for the exclusive use of metric-based dosing for all liquid medications to help prevent unintended overdoses.“Each year, more than 70,000 ...

HealthDay News — For children, the best way to measure liquid medication is in metric milliliters, according to a committee from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Accidental medication ...

(HealthDay News) — The best way to measure liquid medications for children is in metric milliliters, according to a committee from the American Academy of Pediatrics. Accidental medication ...

AAP Urges Simpler, Clearer, Metric-Only Pediatric Prescribing. To improve this situation, the AAP Policy Statement recommended: use of metric-based dosing with milliliters for all orally ...

For Good Measure, Ditch Teaspoons And Embrace The Metric System When Dosing Children's Medicines. [email protected], Former Contributor.

Children’s liquid medicines should only be measured in metric units to avoid overdoses common with teaspoons and tablespoons, U.S. pediatricians say.Tens of thousands of kids wind up in ...

A U.S. pediatrician group is recommending liquid medication for children should be administered in metric milliliters, rather than the more common but less precise teaspoons or tablespoons, to ...