Save Lives by Eliminating Dosing Errors
Certa Dose® is an intuitive system that uses color confirmation to deliver accurate dosing. Certa Dose’s first product is an U.S. FDA-cleared syringe for use with the administration of epinephrine. Each syringe is labeled with easy to recognize color zones that match the widely adopted Standard Pediatric Color Coding System for Weight.
Pediatric dosing errors happen at alarming levels
7,000 CHILDREN DIE AND 140,000 ARE INJURED EACH YEAR DUE TO CRITICAL DOSING ERRORS.1
CRITICAL DOSING ERRORS ARE 3X more likely to occur in children than adults.2
The CERTA DOSE system has been shown to dramatically reduce dosing errors.3
Source: Color-Coded Prefilled Medication Syringes Decrease Time to Delivery and Dosing Error in Simulated Emergency Department Pediatric Resuscitations : https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(14)01661-8/fulltext
Source: Color-coded prefilled medication syringes decrease time to delivery and dosing errors in simulated prehospital pediatric resuscitations: A randomized crossover trial. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26247145
Certa Dose is a Better Solution
1. Source: Sears, K, et al. “The Relationship between the Nursing Work Environment and the Occurrence of Reported Paediatric Medication Administration Errors: A Pan Canadian Study.” Journal of Pediatric Nursing, U.S. National Library of Medicine, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23290866.
2. Source: Kaushal, R, et al. “Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Events in Pediatric Inpatients.” JAMA, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 25 Apr. 2001, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11311101
3. Source: Miller, M R, et al. “Medication Errors in Paediatric Care: a Systematic Review of Epidemiology and an Evaluation of Evidence Supporting Reduction Strategy Recommendations.” Quality & Safety in Health Care, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Apr. 2007, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17403758