Medicine errors 'could harm children'

Using household spoons to measure them out could mean a potentially dangerous overdose, they say. Children under five are at the highest risk of accidental overdose. 

The study, presented in Lisbon, tested 97 adults and found 61% measured the wrong dose - 17% measured an overdose and 44% did not give enough. Dr Rebekah Moles, from the University of Sydney, recruited 97 people visiting day-care centres catering for under-fives from the city. Of these, 53 were mothers, seven were fathers and the rest were day care staff. Continue reading the main story"