Use of video to enhance knowledge and practice of reconstitution and storage of oral antibiotic suspensions among parents: A video based educational intervention

Oral antibiotics for children are manufactured in powdered form and reconstituted into suspension before use. Parents knowledge & practice of reconstitution and storage of oral antibiotic suspensions plays a major role in adherence to atibiotic regimen prescribed to the child. In most mothers with limited education, it is difficult to understand the instructions merely from reading the packaging inserts present in the medication bottle. Educational video may help in this settings to improve administration of medication in children.