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The drug safety issues is a concern for everybody because the implication of drug abuse can be very fatal and detrimental which can easily lead to death and also causing more harm to the entire body. Self medication has traditionally been defined as the the taking of drug, or herbs or home remedies on one's own initiative or on the advice of another person, without consulting a doctor. families, friends, neighbors, the pharmacist, previous prescribe drug, or suggestions from an advertisement in newspapers or popular magazines are common sources of self - medication. Self- medication is very common and a number of reasons could be enumerated for it, such as the urge for self-care, feeling of sympathy toward family members in sickness, lack of time, lack of health services, ignorance. Since individuals are not expert in health issues and drug usage that application of drug in a bad way has ample effect on the entire body, so its always better to consult a professional when taking drugs.When giving children liquid medicine, confusion about units of measurement can lead to large dosing errors. to prevent dosing errors, medical professional organizations recommend using milliliters when prescribing oral liquid medicines and ML units be the only units appearing on dosing instructions, labels, and dosing devices. There are four simple tips for safe dosing such as know the dose, measure the right amount, use the right tool, and get questions answered etc. every serious parent must ensure that they always hide medicines from the reach of children because they can even use the medicine as a mere drink, which can cause a lot of harm. Health managers must ensure that they take very good care of health workers because when they are infected as health workers its very easy for the infection to be transferred on to the patients. The necessary health equipment should be given to health workers to protect themselves.

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