| Correct | Incomplete | Under-dose | Overdose | Unlicensed | ||||||
| BNFC | Wheel | BNFC | Wheel | BNFC | Wheel | BNFC | Wheel | BNFC | Wheel | |
| 10 kg 1-year-old child | ||||||||||
| Ondansetron (IV) | 4 | 23 | 21 | 4 | ||||||
| Oramorph (PO) | 11 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Morphine (IV) | 13 | 25 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Paracetamol (PO) | 2 | 19 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| Paracetamol (IV) | 16 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Diclofenac (PR) | 1 | 24 | 24 | 3 | ||||||
| Ibuprofen (PO) | 7 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 8 | |||
| 23 kg 7-year-old child | ||||||||||
| Ondansetron (IV) | 1 | 26 | 1 | 24 | ||||||
| Oramorph (PO) | 4 | 25 | 20 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Morphine (IV) | 9 | 23 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | |||
| Paracetamol (PO) | 2 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 3 | |||
| Paracetamol (IV) | 16 | 20 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Diclofenac (PR) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 5 | |||||
| Ibuprofen (PO) | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 7 | |||
| Total | 87 | 295 | 19 | 37 | 112 | 7 | 87 | 32 | 45 | 7 |
| Percentage (%) | 25 | 78 | 5 | 10 | 32 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 2 |
Group 1 (n = 25) prescribed using the 2006 BNFC. Group 2 (n = 27) prescribed using the Paediatric Analgesia Wheel. Under-dose and overdose may reflect an error in absolute dose prescribed or an error in MDI or MDF that resulted in an incorrect dose being administered over a 24 h period. The total numbers of prescriptions made by groups 1 and 2 were 350 and 378, respectively. IV, intravenous; PO, per os (by mouth); PR, per rectum.