The use of unapproved abbreviations is strictly prohibited!

CHC follows its list of PROHIBITED / UNACCEPTABLE abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, and dose designations, which include:

IU

Use “units” instead

QD

Use “daily” or “every day”

QOD

Use “every other day”

U,u

Use “units”

MS

Use “morphine, morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate”

MSO4

Use “morphine or morphine sulfate”

MgSO4

Use “magnesium sulfate”

Trailing zero after a decimal point (i.e., 1.0mg)

Do not use trailing zeros for doses expressed in whole numbers.

Lack of leading zero before a decimal point (i.e., .5mg)

Always use Zero before a decimal when the dose is less than a whole unit.