Infant Medication Administration & Safety

SkillsFuture Eligible

$250.00

Duration

4 hours

Fee

$250

Delivery

Classroom / Home-based

Funding

SkillsFuture Credit eligible

Target

Parents/caregivers of babies on regular medication

  • Understanding common infant medications: antibiotics, antipyretics, inhalers, reflux meds
  • Safe dosing: weight-based calculations, using oral syringes, avoiding overdose
  • Medication administration techniques: oral, rectal (e.g., diazepam for seizures), inhaled, ear/eye drops
  • Medication storage: temperature requirements, expiry checking
  • Drug interactions and food-medication interactions
  • When to give vs withhold: vomiting after medication, missed doses
  • Medication reconciliation: maintaining accurate medication list for doctor visits
  • Polypharmacy in medically complex infants: managing multiple prescriptions safely

  • Oral syringe dosing technique
  • Rectal medication administration
  • Inhaler with spacer technique for infants
  • Medication list template and reconciliation