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Spoonfuls can lead to medicine errors, study finds

By Lindsey Tanner
Published July 14, 2014 1:23pm ET
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Spoonfuls can lead to medicine errors, study finds
The song says a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but a study says that kind of imprecise measurement can lead to potentially dangerous dosing mistakes. (iStock Image)

CHICAGO — The song says a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, but a study says that kind of imprecise measurement can lead to potentially dangerous dosing mistakes.

The results, published online Monday in Pediatrics, underscore recommendations that droppers and syringes that measure in milliliters be used for liquid medicines — not spoons.

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