Medical review policy

PedsCalc medical review is a source-alignment and safety-boundary workflow for pediatric dosing content. It checks whether calculator logic, medication tables, age limits, max doses, formulation notes, and escalation language match the source material used by the route.

The review does not create patient-specific medical advice. It does not replace a clinician, pharmacist, poison center, emergency evaluation, local protocol, or product label.

For calculator routes, review focuses on the formula, units, dose interval, patient-weight handling, rounding assumptions, and whether the result screen shows enough context for a safe handoff.

For medication routes, review focuses on labeled or source-supported pediatric use, common formulations, contraindications, red flags, adverse-effect counseling, and related calculators or guides that reduce wrong-page use.

The strongest sources are FDA or DailyMed labeling, pediatric society guidance, public health guidance, hospital pathways, and widely used pediatric references.

Patient-facing medication references can support plain-language counseling, but they do not override labels, pediatric guidance, local policies, or pharmacist review.

PedsCalc reviews content again when a source changes, a calculator logic path changes, a safety issue is reported, a route is substantially rewritten, or search data shows that users are landing on the wrong support page.

Low-risk wording changes may be handled as editorial updates. Dosing logic, route defaults, contraindications, and high-risk safety language receive a stricter source check before release.

Reported dosing, math, source, and safety issues are compared against the current code path and the route source material. If a user-facing correction is needed, the affected route and related navigation are updated together whenever practical.

When a correction affects a reusable calculator, medication bundle, or shared safety pattern, follow-up checks look for sibling routes that may need the same fix.