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Organizations and Abbreviation
Term | Definition |
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HIPAA | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act |
STAT | Stop what you're doing and start this immediately |
Sx | Symptoms |
Hx | History |
Bx | Biopsy |
Tx | Treatment |
Rx | Prescription |
Px | prognosis |
c with a line over it | with |
q with a line over it | every |
ac | before meal |
pc | after meal |
sig | directions or "how-to" |
RPht | Registered Pharmacy Technician (FL) |
AAPT | American Associations of Pharmacy Technicians (1979) |
NPTA | National Pharmacy Technician Association (1999) |
PTEC | Pharmacy Technician Education Council (1991) |
SEPhT | Society for the Education of Pharmacy Technicians (2010) |
NCPT | National Consortium of Pharmacy Technicians (2012) |
MTM | Medication Therapy Management |
PV | per vagina, vaginally |
PR | per rectal, rectally |
PO | by mouth, orally |
NPO | nothing by mouth |
AU | both ears |
AS | left ear |
AD | right ear |
OU | both eyes |
OS | left eye |
OD | right eye |
per nare | nostril |
per nares | both nostrils |
TOP | topically |
Myocardial Infarction | heart attack |
DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
ACPE | Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education |
CVA | Cerebrovascular Accident (stroke) |
qd | everyday |
qod | every other day |
qid | four times a day |
tid | three times a day |
bid | two times a day |
g, gm | gram |
qh | every hour |
qhs | every bedtime (hour of sleep) |
gt, gtt | drops |
IV | intravenous |
PRN | as needed |
s with a line over it | without |
ss | one half |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus |