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Do Not Use List
"Minimum" Do Not Use List, Joint Commission
Abbrevation | Potential Problem | Preferred Term |
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IU (for international unit) | Mistake as IV (intravenous) or 10 (ten). | Write "international unit." |
MS, MSO4, MgSO4 | Confused for one another; can mean morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate | Write "morphine sulfate" or "magnesium sulfate." |
Q.D., Q.O.D. (Latin abbreviation for "once daily: and once every other day") | Mistaken for each other The period after the Q can be mistaken for and "I" and the "O" can be mistaken for "I". | Write "daily" and "every other day". |
Trailing zero (X.O. mg), lack of leading zero (.X mg) | Decimal point is missed. | Never write a zero by itself after a decimal point (X mg), and always use a zero beforea decimal point (0.X mg0). |
U (for unit) | Mistaken as zero, four, or cc. | Write "unit". |