Facts about the Official “Do Not Use” List of …

Topic Library Item Facts about the Official do not use List of abbreviations June 9, 2017. The Joint Commission's do not use List is part of the Information Management standards. This requirement does not apply to preprogrammed health information technology systems (for example, electronic medical records or CPOE systems), but this application remains under consideration for the future. Organizations contemplating introduction or upgrade of such systems should strive to eliminate the use of dangerous abbreviations , acronyms, symbols and dose designations from the software. Official do not use List1. do not use Potential Problem Use Instead U, u (unit) Mistaken for 0 (zero), the Write "unit". number 4 (four) or cc . IU (International Unit) Mistaken for IV (intravenous) or Write "International Unit". the number 10 (ten). , QD, , qd (daily) Write "daily". Mistaken for each other , QOD, , Write "every other day". Period after the Q mistaken for qod(every other day). "I" and the "O" mistaken for "I".

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