MS
Abbreviation Medical Terminology Do Not Use list
Multiple sclerosis. As a drug abbreviation for morphine sulfate it is on the Do Not Use list; write the drug name.
Related terms
- hs, HSLowercase hs means at bedtime; HS has meant half-strength, and each is misread as the other. ISMP: write HS…
- INIntranasal. Error-prone: misread as IM or IV. Write NAS or intranasal.
- IUInternational unit. On the Joint Commission Do Not Use list: misread as IV or the number 10. TJC says write…
- MgSO4Magnesium sulfate. On the Do Not Use list: confused with morphine sulfate. Write magnesium sulfate.
- MSO4Morphine sulfate. On the Do Not Use list: confused with magnesium sulfate. Write morphine sulfate.
- OD, OS, OURight eye, left eye, each eye. Error-prone: confused with AD, AS, AU (ears), and OD with once daily. Write…
- OJOrange juice. Error-prone: misread as OD or OS. Write orange juice.
- per osBy mouth. Error-prone: os can be read as left eye. Write PO, by mouth or orally.
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