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Dropper calibration
Acetaminophen

The data from a calibration run (on second set of dies, this could be smoothed out even more) show that each child patient would receive, on average, the target dose plus or minus about 10%. (Data courtesy of Mead Johnson Canada).

DROPPER DELIVERY

(using Tempra Drops, Density 1.177 g/mL, Assay 80 mg/mL)

lb Mark Level

Weight (g) (avg 5 replicates)

Delivery (mL) (by calculation)

Total Dose (mg)

Dose/lb

16

1.3133

1.12

89.3

5.6

15

1.1881

1.01

80.6

5.4

14

1.1295

0.96

76.8

5.5

13

1.9908

0.84

67.3

5.2

12

0.9027

0.77

61.4

5.1

11

0.829

0.7

56.3

5.1

10

0.7735

0.66

52.6

5.3

9

0.695

0.59

47.2

5.2

8

0.6195

0.53

42.1

5.3

7

0.5006

0.43

34

4.9

6

0.3966

0.34

27

4.5

5

0.3458

0.29

23.5

4.7

 

Canada infant doses graph