OD, OS, OU
Abbreviation Medical Terminology Do Not Use list
Right eye, left eye, each eye. Error-prone: confused with AD, AS, AU (ears), and OD with once daily. Write the words out.
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- AD, AS, AURight ear, left ear, each ear. Error-prone: confused with OD, OS, OU (eyes). Write right ear, left ear or…
- proneLying on the abdomen, face down.
- 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.
- MSMultiple sclerosis. As a drug abbreviation for morphine sulfate it is on the Do Not Use list; write the drug…
- MSO4Morphine sulfate. On the Do Not Use list: confused with magnesium sulfate. Write morphine sulfate.
- 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.
- q1dDaily. Error-prone: misread as QID (four times daily). Write daily.
- QD, q.d.Daily. On the Do Not Use list: misread as QID or QOD. Write daily.
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