Dear Sir:
We have several thousand deaths per year from
medical errors made because of the use of US customary units in some aspects of
medicine. (Refer to the CDC website for more details on deaths particularly
amongst children from these types of mistakes or do a web search.) Your
organization I understand objects, the words I have heard used are strongly, to
metric only packaging.
I would appreciate your advice as to whether
1. your membership follows a code of ethics
2. if so, how do you reconcile your code of ethics with the death of children in the US from mistakes made using the US customary units system in medicine when it is commonly acknowledged that a change would save lives.
3. what value does your organization place on human life.
4. how do you reconcile the provision of medical products in one part of your store in metric and milk in US customary units.
1. your membership follows a code of ethics
2. if so, how do you reconcile your code of ethics with the death of children in the US from mistakes made using the US customary units system in medicine when it is commonly acknowledged that a change would save lives.
3. what value does your organization place on human life.
4. how do you reconcile the provision of medical products in one part of your store in metric and milk in US customary units.
Perhaps you have never attended a funeral for a
child that has died as a result of a medical error. It is very harrowing. I
suggest that your board consider this matter.
I would appreciate a written response to the
address above.
John Nichols
John M. Nichols
Assistant Professor
Room A414 Langford AC MS
3137
Department of Construction
Science
College of Architecture
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
77843-3137
Phone: (979) 845 6541
Fax: (979) 862
1572
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
