> From: Paul Trusten <trus...@mygrande.net> > Date: November 12, 2015 at 15:34:06 CST > To: kelsey.ley...@wvlt-tv.com > Subject: prescription label story > > Dear Ms. Leyrer, > > Regarding: > > http://www.local8now.com/news/headlines/Mislabeled-medications-could-have-turned-lethal-for-9-year-old--340459962.html?device=tablet&c=y > > Thank you for preparing the above-linked story. > > The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) recommended in 2011 that > ONLY the metric system---that is, in this case, only milliliters---be used to > state, on the prescription label, the volume of oral liquid medication to be > taken by a patient, and that the use of the teaspoonful and tablespoonful be, > essentially, banned from U.S. healthcare (please see > https://www.ismp.org/pressroom/PR20110808.pdf). However, this recommendation > has generally NOT yet been enacted into law or regulation in most > jurisdictions, so pharmacists are not yet bound by it. I hope you will do a > followup story as to why this is so and what progress is being made to > protect the public safety in this instance. For more information, please > contact ISMP President Michael Cohen at mco...@ismp.org or +1(247)947-7797. > > SIncerely, > > Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist > Vice President and Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Midland, Texas, USA > +1(432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > trus...@mygrande.net > > > > > > Paul Trusten, Registered Pharmacist > Vice President and Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Midland, Texas, USA > +1(432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > trus...@mygrande.net > >
