Medicine Measure Cup 5 - 60ml Disposable

Disposable medicine cups graduated from 5mL to 60mL, for measuring and administering liquid medicines accurately. They are the standard measure in clinics, aged care and workplace first aid rooms, and they solve a problem most households do not realise they have.

Why medicine cups beat a kitchen spoon

A kitchen teaspoon is not a measure. Household spoons vary widely in capacity - a "teaspoon" from the drawer can hold anywhere from roughly 2.5mL to 7mL - so a dose measured that way can be half or nearly double what was intended. For a paracetamol syrup given to a child four times a day, that error compounds. Graduated medicine cups remove the guesswork entirely.

Being single use matters wherever more than one person is being dosed. A cup that is reused between residents, patients or family members carries whatever was in it last, both medicine residue and organisms. Disposables cost little and remove the question, which is why clinical settings use them as a matter of course rather than washing and reusing.

The 5 to 60mL graduation range covers essentially everything given by mouth as a liquid, from a 5mL paediatric dose to a 30mL antacid or a 15mL gargle. Clear moulded markings stay legible when the cup is full, and the wide base means it will sit on a bench without tipping.

Key features

• Graduated from 5mL to 60mL
• Clear, moulded graduations that stay readable when full
• Single use - no cross-contamination between people
• Suits paediatric doses through to antacids and gargles
• Stable wide base - sits on a bench without tipping
• Standard measure for clinics, aged care and first aid rooms
• Inexpensive enough to use once and discard

Specifications

Common uses

Medicine cups earn their place anywhere liquid medicine is given to someone other than yourself. Aged care and nursing rounds, where several residents are dosed in sequence and reusing a cup is not an option. Workplace first aid rooms. Childcare and schools administering prescribed medicine. And at home, for any family giving syrups to children - which is the setting where kitchen spoons still do the most damage. For tablets and capsules rather than liquids, graduated 30mL pill cups are the companion item. Both sit with our everyday pharmacy and medical supplies in the wider medical supplies range.