Variations in small-volume doses of a liquid antibiotic using two paediatric administration devices.

Objective: Children can be a difficult population in which to administer medicines and many parents or caregivers may be inexperienced in the administration of paediatric medicines. The aim of this study was to determine the variations in volumes of doses of reconstituted antibiotic suspension using two calibrated administrative devices.

Setting: Measurements were conducted in a Dispensing Laboratory in New Zealand, using locally available commercial, standardized measuring devices.