[adrienurse]

They've been circulating this at work, thought I'd share.

http://www.ismp.org/Tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf

[Pat_Pat]

We've been using this for quite a while. However; some of those are just ridiculous. Some of the mistakes I've seen that have been made, like "Orange Juice in the eye" please!
Pat

[anticoagulationurse]

I am new to a unit that uses paper charts with hand writing for orders. I am used to computerized orders. Well, I fortunately clarified, but the order was: "Lispro Insulin 25U (tID) with meals".

Looks legible enough in this typing buy I swear it looked like it said, "Lispro Insulin 25U, "plus" 10U. The "t" was not capitalized, the "I" was not dotted or capitalzed and the capital D was rounded with the other parenthesis running into it, looking like a funky "U".

[muffie]

thanks

[meownsmile]

Now if we could just get the doctors to realize they shouldnt use them.

[NRSKarenRN]

Another ISMP tool: ISMP’s List of Confused Drug Names

[canne]

you know, BT in the philippines means blood transfusion, not bedtime..its good to know that not all things are the same...thanks adrienurse

[David's Harp]

On a related note, is there anywhere where I can learn the shorthand being used, eg a "T" with two dots on top of it to indicate "two tablets"?

I don't even know what this system is called, and it's pretty frighteningly easy to misread/misinterpret...

-Kevin

[Kthale81]

Originally Posted by Pat_Pat

We've been using this for quite a while. However; some of those are just ridiculous. Some of the mistakes I've seen that have been made, like "Orange Juice in the eye" please!
Pat

what a strange order, that is just funny

[Kthale81]

Originally Posted by meownsmile

Now if we could just get the doctors to realize they shouldnt use them.

some doctors will probably not use them b/c of potantial error, then there are those that will never change