LIST OF DISAPPROVED ABBREVIATIONS
GWUH LIST of DISAPPROVED ABBREVIATIONS
(National Patient Safety Goal #2)
|ABBREVIATION/INTENDED MEANING |ERROR |RECOMMENDATION |
|u / Units |Misread as 0,4, or cc |Write out “units” |
|IU/International Unit |Misread as IV or 10 |Write out “International Unit” |
|Q.D./once daily Q.O.D./every other day |Mistaken for each other |Write “daily” and every |
| | |other day |
|MS/Morphine Sulfate MgSO4/Magnesium Sulfate MSO4 |Confused for one another |Write “morphine sulfate” or |
| | |magnesium sulfate |
|x.o mg/trailing 0 |Decimal point is missed |x mg |
|.xmg/lack of leading 0 | |o.x mg |
|BIW / Two times A week |Misread as 2 times a day |Specifically write out two times a week |
|TIW/three times a week |Misread as 3 times a day |Specifically write out three times a week |
|ug / mcg |Misread as mg, or u misread as 0 and |Use “mcg” instead |
| |units read as grams | |
|ss /Sliding Scale of insulin |Mistaken for “55” |Spell out “sliding scale” |
|AU, AS, AD / Both ears Left ear, Right ear |Misread as OU, OS, OD |Specifically write out |
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