Most places want mg abbreviated, as
Posted By: jd on 2009-04-20
In Reply to: abbrev/acronym questions - vn
Subject: Most places want mg abbreviated, as
for t.i.d. and b.i.d. we still use those, along with p.o. As far as I know, these are not dangerous abbreviations and are still used.
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Subject: The last few places I was with didn't even want the hyphenated
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Subject: Is there another medication abbreviated "dig"
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Subject: Safest to write it out, but ask your QA as places try to get by with as few characters as possible
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Subject: MOST places, not all. Some still give the docs whatever they want, dangerous or not. nm
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Subject: No, he's doing surgery and places from supine up into the ? position, Thanks anyway.
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Subject: can't you just leave it abbreviated, or do you have to spell it out. I would leave as dictated.
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