TY - JOUR T1 - The KidzMed project: teaching children to swallow tablet medication JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child DO - 10.1136/archdischild-2019-317512 SP - archdischild-2019-317512 AU - Yincent Tse AU - Nicola Vasey AU - Damneek Dua AU - Susan Oliver AU - Victoria Emmet AU - Ailsa Pickering AU - Emma Lim Y1 - 2019/10/08 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/10/08/archdischild-2019-317512.abstract N2 - Tablets are safer, more convenient and cheaper than liquid medications. Children and young people (CYP) often remain on liquids due to habit, reluctance to change or staff and parents’ lack of knowledge about switching to tablets. We describe a quality improvement project to train staff and embed a system of converting eligible children to tablet medication. A series of tests of change were made including training, making kit available, publicity and developing team protocols. In 3 months, 21 out of 25 eligible CYP were successfully converted with added benefit of saving £46 588 per year. Switching children to tablets is simple but requires whole team engagement, culture change of expectations and available resources. ER -