CertaDose, the Revolutionary Children ’s Syringe Can Prevent Accidental Overdoses, Launches on Indiegogo

Denver, Colo. - CertaDose, an innovative syringe that addresses the most common type of medical error in children - medication dosing errors - launched today on Indiegogo. CertaDose is a fast, accurate and safe way to measure children’s medication and helps eliminate dosage errors, which medical experts believe to be the number one killer of children. Emergency Room Doctor Caleb Hernandez developed the CertaDose Syringe to provide a simple method to measure and confirm the correct dose for any infant or child. “Each year, 140,000 children are harmed and about 7,000 children die needlessly due to dosing errors by medical professionals,” Dr. Hernandez said. “We want to make it as easy as possible for medical professionals to give patients the correct doses, especially in high-stress emergency situations where a child’s life is on the line.” The patented syringe incorporates the right dose, the right concentration and the right route of administration of medication dosing, along with a color-matching technology that creates an easy-to-use system, focused on saving children’s lives by curbing critical medication errors.   “CertaDose easily works in two steps-- measure and match. Using the industry-standard color-measuring system, Certa Dose allows users to quickly measure a child’s weight or height to determine the correct amount of medication for each child. Match and fill the CertaDose Syringe to the child’s color zone. Each color-coded z...
Source: JEMS: Journal of Emergency Medical Services News - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: Patient Care Industry News Source Type: news