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Temperature taking

Learn how to correctly take your child's temperature when they have a fever, depending on their age, and which methods to avoid.

Fever in babies and children

A fever can be a sign that the body is fighting an infection. Learn how to properly care for your baby, toddler or child with a fever.

Heat-related illness: How to prevent

Learn how to prevent, recognize and treat dehydration and other heat-related illnesses in children.

Mycophenolate

Handling your medications

Sickle cell disease: Developing a wind-down routine at bedtime

Learn how to create a wind-down routine that you can do in the 30 minutes before bedtime to help your body and mind get ready for sleep.

Azathioprine

First aid kit

Find a list of supplies and medicines to include in a first aid kit. It is recommended that there be an equipped first aid kit in the house and in the car.

Safe handling of hazardous medicines at home: Giving capsule solutions

A guide on dissolving and giving a portion of a hazardous medicine capsule safely.

Sodium polystyrene sulfonate

Your child needs to take medicine called sodium polystyrene sulfonate. This information sheet explains what sodium polystyrene sulfonate does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have while taking it.

During your scoliosis surgery hospital stay

Staying in a hospital can be difficult. Find out tips about how to make your hospital stay a little easier while you are recovering from scoliosis surgery.

Prednisone and prednisolone

Nystatin

Routine self-monitoring after a liver transplant

Managing your maintenance medications

Clindamycin

Your child needs to take the medicine called clindamycin. This information sheet explains what clindamycin does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Metronidazole

Your child needs to take the medicine called metronidazole. This information sheet explains what metronidazole does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Sodium Cromoglycate for Inhalation

Your child needs to take the medicine called sodium cromoglycate. This information sheet explains what sodium cromoglycate does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

Safe handling of hazardous medicines at home: Cutting and preparing tablets as a liquid

A guide on cutting, dissolving and giving hazardous medicine tablets safely.

Cyclosporine

Hemophilia glossary

A list of helpful glossary terms for Teens Taking Charge Managing Your Hemophilia program.

Sirolimus

Cotrimoxazole

Propafenone

Your child needs to take the medicine called propafenone. This information sheet explains what propafenone does, how to give it, and what side effects or problems your child may have when they take this medicine.

ASA (acetylsalicylic acid)

Your child needs to take the medicine called ASA (acetylsalicylic acid). This information sheet explains what ASA does and how to give it to your child. It also explains what side effects, or problems, your child may have when they take this medicine.