Appropriateness of oral medication delivery devices available in community pharmacies.

Objectives: To identify the proportion of prescribed liquid medications that can be properly administered with devices available at local community pharmacies.

Methods: Prescriptions written over a 2-month time frame in a pediatric clinic were analyzed and compared with measuring devices available at community pharmacies within a 5-mile radius. Devices from the pharmacies were compared with the prescriptions to determine if they were acceptable and/or optimal to measure the dose as prescribed.

Evaluation of oral medication delivery devices provided by community pharmacies.

Oral liquids remain common medication dosage forms used for patients who have difficulty swallowing. However, liquids require a delivery device and thus have been linked to medication administration errors. This study identified medication delivery devices available at pharmacies.