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Organizations and Abbreviation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |