Technology has taken over some of the most tedious tasks in healthcare, much to the relief of overworked clinicians—but that doesn’t mean these new software programs should be treated as infallible.

Using an app to calculate fluid and drug volumes for severely ill kids was faster and less stressful than using a reference table. For calculating drug and fluid doses for sick and injured children ...

Implementing a strategy that focuses on dose rounding for chemotherapies can have a 3-fold impact of decreasing drug costs, minimizing drug waste, and improving treatment efficiency. This strategy and ...

Megan Funk can relate to anxiety that EMS providers might have regarding patient medication dosages, so she provides numerous tips and tricks to help ease that anxiety. One of the most important parts ...

Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim) is a prescription oral tablet used to treat and prevent certain types of bacterial infections. Your dosage will depend on the ...

Winners have emerged from this year’s National Drug Dosage Calculation Competition for Nurses (NDDCCN). The competition, according to organisers, is geared towards improving best practice in ...