The example in TAL's podcast that really got me was the mixup between infant and child tylenol that resulted in the death of a child. I've gotten in the habit

The example in TAL's podcast that really got me was the mixup between infant and child tylenol that resulted in the death of a child. I've gotten in the habit (before I had children) of reading labels and understanding their contents, dosages and concentrations (if only for the amusement that there seems to be only a handful of drugs in boxes that typically take up several meters of store shelf space). However, the situation of the death of that child in the podcast wasn't out of the ordinary. Simple miscommunication between parent and doctor, and the lack of knowledge of how little acetaminophen you really need to overdose. Specifying dosages as volumes of liquid is dangerous without knowledge of concentration. Better to specify mg of acetaminophen and let people work the math out (maybe that's asking too much).