Nurse STAFPing Com —— O vores: ALY PA, ‘The following is a list of JCAHO recognized “dangerous abbreviations” Certification, it is the responsibility of Northwest well as, charting. ‘The following are abbreviations which the charting system used, Upon review of this list, if you have any questions or concems, Staffing representative and we will be more than happy to answer su oot se UUs) TU Gaterations Uni QD, QD, ad, a4 dai 2OD., QOD, god, god (every other dy) ‘Tralig 2er0 (0 ‘Lack ofteaing zero OL mg) Ms MSOs and MpsO« 2005 National Patient Safety Goals Banned Abbreviations in Charting ‘may not be used when charting. Official "Do Not Use” List* ote Pobers ‘Mister for “O" (er), he auanber "4 (ut) or “ee” Misten or V insavenou) or te umber 10 (lex) ‘Decimal point mise (Can mean morphine sulfte or magnesia slate Confused for one another In our efforts for Joint Commission Nurse Staffing to ensure safe nursing practice in patient care, as, 100% compliance is demanded regardless of please feel free to contact a Northwest Nurse ich questions, Poser Term Weite “uni ‘Wit “ncerwational Unie Wie “ésiy™ ‘Write “every other day Hs. Mistaken for either talfsmength or hour of lecp. QS. Write aa “halFsrengli or st bedi” ‘mina for every hour. Allean rest in dosing ero. ™ ‘Misaken for 3 tines day ortwice weekly resuinginan Write 3 times weekly" or “tue ines weekly" overdose, scorso Misten as SL for sublingual or *S every", ‘Write “Sub 0°, “subQ”, or subcutaneously" ie Interpredas discomtinve whatever medieions flow Wile “iccharge™ ASAD. AU, Mistaken or 05, OD, and OU, ex. Woite “lfear, "ight ear, or "ath ears” ‘Applies tal oder: and all mediation raed documentation dh is handwrnen (iuding Ge xt computer emt) or on re pred forms ToreeSeRGOR: A “ling zero" may be wed only where requved wo demonstrate te level of pression Ue vale besten ee ne laboratory resus, imaging tes that report siz o exons, ot eaheter/tubesaes T Do Nottie > eater oan) (ess than) Abbreviations for devg names Apothecary units @ ce “ ‘ehned documenaton, ‘may no be sed in medication orders or other medieaion Additional Abneviations, Acronyms snd Symbols (For posi future inclusion inthe Ofc "Do Not Use" Lis) Poteet Probens ‘Misitepreted asthe number "7 (seve) or the eer Confused fr one another Misinerpreted due to similar abbrevistions for motile ‘Unfamiiarto many pmetiioner Confused with mesrc unis ‘Mistaken for he number "2" (vo) Mistaken for U (units) whe poorly writen Mistaken for mg (iligrams) esting in ona thousand fold overdose Prefered Term ‘Write “greater than” ‘We “es than Write drug nares in ut Use merc units Writ "at" ‘Woite “ato “militers" Write mcg" or “micrograms”