Abstract
Dosing errors are by far the most common type of medication errors in pediatrics and are attributed to calculation errors, illegible handwriting, and inability of some caregivers to understand instructions. Language barriers play a major role in the occurrence of dosing errors. It is common practice to prescribe liquid medications in teaspoonfuls rather than the actual quantity in milliliters. Our hypothesis is that the “understanding” of the volume per teaspoonful may be variable in our caregivers of children, contributing to dosing errors. Our objectives were to determine the prevalence of teaspoon use and knowledge of medication volumes in them among caregivers and health care personnel.
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