MOD 5

Question 1

Forbidden Abbreviation: U,u

Answer 1

Mistaken for 0, the number 4, or cc
Write unit instead

Question 2

Forbidden Abbreviation: IU

Answer 2

Mistaken for IV or the number 10
Write international Unit instead

Question 3

Forbidden Abbreviation: Q.D., QD, q.d., qd

Answer 3

Mistaken for each other
Instead write daily

Question 4

Forbidden Abbreviation: Q.O.D, QOD, q.o.d,qod

Answer 4

Period after Q mistaken for I and the O mistaken for I
Instead write every other day

Question 5

Forbidden Abbreviation: Trailing 0 (X.0mg) or lack of leading 0 (.Xmg)

Answer 5

Decimal point is missed
Instead write X mg or 0.X mg

Question 6

Forbidden Abbreviation: MS

Answer 6

Can mean morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate
Instead Write morphine sulfate

Question 7

Forbidden Abbreviation: MSO4 and MgSO4

Answer 7

Confused with one another
Instead write magnesium sulfate

Question 8

Forbidden Abbreviation: Mils

Answer 8

Mils is very often used as a short way to say milliliter
Instead say milliliter

Question 9

Forbidden Abbreviation: CC

Answer 9

Often mistaken as 60
Instead write ml

Question 10

Forbidden Abbreviation: H.S

Answer 10

mistaken for either half strength or hour of sleep (at bedtime). q.H.S mistaken for every hour all can result in dosing error

Instead write out half strength or at bedtime