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abbrev/acronym questions

Posted By: vn on 2009-04-20
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I've been confused over this lately - if, for example,"4 mg of Zofran" given, would it be "4 milligrams of Zofran" ??

also, I haven't used "t.i.d., b.i.d.," etc. for a wihle now, but what about "p.o." - is that considered unacceptable these days?? (I need to order the new BOS, but haven't yet)

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abbrev/acronym questions - vn
- Most places want mg abbreviated, as - jd
  - using mg for "Zofran 4 mg" isn't an issue, I just question it's dictated as - vn
    - You would still use mg. - NM
  - it's confusing - I was told a long time ago not to use tid, etc. - vn
    - That is probably a facility preference. The - jd
      - thank you so much for your input - vn

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