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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released reports detailing the deaths of infants (younger than 1 year of age) who died after being given cold and cough medications. This underscores the importance of educating parents that children younger than 2 years of age should never be given over-the-counter cold and cough medications without consulting their physicians.
Approximately 500,000 babies are born each year in the United States to teenage mothers.
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For pediatric patients, intravenous fluids are the most commonly cited products involved in medication errors that are reported to the USP.