I know it has not been that long since my last posting, but I found some information I wanted to share with you. As I was going through my Twitter account, I found that Dr. Jerry Fharni posted an interesting link about pediatric dosing. The article stated that children are not “tiny adults”. It basically talks about how the operational systems used in the pharmacy and the third parties, treat children as tiny adults when it comes to calculate or approve adequate drugs. Also automated dispensing gets really difficult with parenteral medications.
As a student pharmacist, I understand the risk this implies in our line of work. It is clear that assertive clinical decisions are particularly important to avoid medication errors in children. Just like the article says, there is no “one size fits all” when it comes to children and computers try to do just that. It is important to maximize time and man-hours on every practice setting, but not at the risk of our patients. There is no room for error when it comes to children!!!!
Here is the link to the article in case you want to read it:
