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"DO NOT USE" Abbreviations
Official do not use list.
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Nursing
04/11/2010
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Term
U (for unit)
 Definition
Write unit.
Term
IU (for international unit)
 Definition
Write international unit.
Term
Q.D., QD, q.d., qd (daily) Q.O.D., QOD, q.o.d., qod
 Definition
Write "daily" and "every other day"
Term
Trailing zero (X.0 mg)
 Definition
Write X mg
Term
Lack of leading zero (.X mg)
 Definition
write 0.X mg
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MS, MSO4, MgSO4
 Definition
Write "morphine sulfate" or "magnesium sulfate"
Term
Abbreviations for drug names
 Definition
Write full names
Term
Apothecary unites
 Definition
Use metric units
Term
@
 Definition
Write "at"
Term
c.c.
 Definition
Write "mL"
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μg (microgram)
 Definition
Write "mcg"