Most will have dosage ranges for children based on their ages and weights.
To avoid unintentional therapeutic errors, as they’re classified by poison control, Trella said reading the labels on the back of medications is critical. Trella is a pharmacist and senior director of the Center for Public Readiness and Response at CHOP, which houses the regional Poison Control Center for eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware. “We could also postulate that if a medication that we’re used to using, say Tylenol liquid, is not available and we have to try other medication types or dosage forms, that would increase our risk of medication errors,” she said. Jeanette Trella said the region’s Poison Control Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has seen double the monthly increase in calls related to cough and cold medications compared to the same month-to-month uptick measured last year. However, high utilization of these medications at more homes means there’s an increased potential for accidentally giving the wrong dosing, experts say.ĭr. WHYY thanks our sponsors - become a WHYY sponsor
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