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Pharm Chapter 1
Confusing Acronyms, Symbols, Abbreviations, Do not use list
Question | Answer |
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U | write "unit" |
IU | write "International Unit" |
Q.D., QD, q.d. | write "daily" |
Q.O.D., QOD, qod, q.o.d. | write "every other day" |
trailing zero (X.0 mg) | write "X mg" |
lacking leading zero (.X mg) | write "0.X mg" |
MS | write "morphine sulfate" |
MSO4 and MgSO4 | write "magnesium sulfate" |
> | write "greater than" |
< | write "less than" |
abbreviations for drugs | write drugs full name |
Apothecary units | use metric units |
@ | use "at" |
cc | write "ml" or "milliliters" |