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Podcast: Pharmacy Podcast Network
Episode: Weight Matters: Why It’s Essential on Every Pediatric Script | Pediatric Pharmacist Review
Description: Today, we’ll be exploring a key issue: why patient weight should always be included on prescriptions for pediatric patients. We’ll be highlighting the work of Dr. Lisa and Dr. Rachel, who co-authored a pivotal paper in the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JPPT) titled “Patient Weight Should Be Included on All Pediatric Prescriptions”.
In this paper, Lisa Lubsch, PharmD and Rachel Meyers, PharmD make a compelling argument about the importance of including a child’s weight on prescriptions. They emphasize how this simple, yet vital, piece of information can help reduce medication errors and ensure saf...