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ISMP List of Error-Prone Abbreviations, Symbols, and Dose Designations

Posted: 21 Dec 2017, 11:23
by Admin
The abbreviations, symbols, and dose designations found in this table have been reported to ISMP through the ISMP National Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP) as being frequently misinterpreted and involved in harmful medication errors.

They should NEVER be used when communicating medical information. This includes internal communications telephone/verbal prescriptions, computer-generated labels, labels for drug storage bins, medication administration records, as well as pharmacy and prescriber computer order entry screens.



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