Roughly one out of 15 hospitalized kids are harmed by bad drug reactions, accidental overdoeses, and mix-ups in medicines each year, shows the first scientific test of a new detection method.
Concerns were raised when actor Dennis Quaid's child was a victim of an accidental overdose last year, and fears of the much higher than estimated percentage of children falling victim to such slip-ups is scaring parents across the nation.
"Every time a caregiver comes into the room, I would check and ask the nurse what they're giving them and why," Quaid said.
Researchers concluded that the estimate of children involved with medicine and drug mishaps is a staggering 7.3 percent, or 540,000 hospitalized children each year.
During the study, reseacrhers found 11 drug-related harmful events for every 100 hospitalized children, a number that compares wioth an earleir estimate of 2 per 100 hospitalized children.
This fact proves that some children experienced more than one drug treatment mistake. So, as a caution to parents with a hospitalized child; put your faith into the knowledge of your doctors, but do a little research yourself about treatment for your child's allement and double check with the procedures and drugs being put into your child.
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