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Quoted message said:Lars Eighner <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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<SNIP>Quoted message said:The people who receive medical orders know the terms in which medical
orders are written. Medical orders are written in those terms because
the terms are precise and well understood. Naturally, if the patient
is going to be given a supply of medication to be self-administered,
the pharmacist should translate the orders into the patient's native
language, whatever it is.I have never heard of a medication caused by the terms of the medical
order being misinterpreted. Many medications result from the similarity
of some tradenames for drugs. That source of error could be removed
by using generic or scientific names for the drugs. But that would make
the orders even more obscure to general readers.Here's some examples of abbreviations that are recommended not to be
used as well as the possible mis-interpretations. This list was not
compiled based on somebody's good idea, it's based on a compilation of
actual events that have happened across the country and reported to
The Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP) and/or FDA (Food
and Drug Administration):
Glancing through the list I get a different impression.
It says more about the lack of training pupils get in the
pre-College/Universtity setting on exact sciences. What is a dram
where there is SI ? Why is there no easy to use scientific notation
software for most widely used wordprocessors?
Anneke