The safest practice is to always enter a medication vial with a sterile needle and sterile syringe. There has been at least one outbreak attributed to healthcare personnel using a common needle and syringe to access multiple multi-dose vials for the purpose of combining their contents into a single syringe [14].
Children and adolescents should do 60 minutes (1 hour) or more of physical activity each day. This may sound like a lot, but don't worry! Your child may already be meeting the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
For kids and teens (thatâs anyone between 6 and 17 years), your goals are: 1  Physical activity: You need to be active 60 minutes a day, at least 5 days a week, for 6 out of 8 weeks. 2  As an alternative, you can count your daily activity steps using a pedometer (girlsâ goal: 11,000; boysâ goal: 13,000).f this sounds like a lot, consider that eight to 18 year old adolescents spend an average of 7.5 hours a day using entertainment media including TV, computers, video games, cell phones and movies in a typical day, and only one-third of high school students get the recommended levels of physical activity.