Drug orders PO "o.d."?

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I'm doing a care plan based on a case study, and one of the meds listed is Lasix 80 mg PO, o.d.

What does "o.d." mean? I've read that it can mean right (or was that left?) eye, or overdose, but obviously it has something to do with frequency in this case.

Anybody know what it means? Could it be typo for q.d.?

Specializes in Critical Care, Cardiothoracics, VADs.

QOD is every other day, not every day according to that 'do not use' list.

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I was told Jacho is not at everybody hospital right now so some might use o.d. you just have to check what the hospitals policies are.

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Specializes in ICU, PICC Nurse, Nursing Supervisor.

FYI od means right eye...os is Left eye...

od means left eye at my school but it wouldnt make since cause po means by mouth
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In my papers I got from my teacher it is left eye.

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Specializes in Acute rehab/geriatrics/cardiac rehab.
In my papers I got from my teacher it is left eye.

O.D. is an abbreviation for oculus dexter, Latin for "right eye."

Just another reason why these abbreviations are being discarded.

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Historically, related to oral meds OD = daily; QOD = every other day

Related to opthalmic (eye) meds O.D = right; O.S. = left eye

Hard to get out of that habit and write daily after 30 years; need to do so because TOO MANY ERRORS occurred, especially when practioners moved from one facility to another with different medication standards.

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Your best source is always the person who wrote the medication. Check with the physician if you not sure.

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FYI od means right eye...os is Left eye...

Yep - and the reason I can remember that is we have friends named Don and Susan. Don is more conservative (right) and Susan is more liberal (left).

steph

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Yep - and the reason I can remember that is we have friends named Don and Susan. Don is more conservative (right) and Susan is more liberal (left).

steph

I was thinking about od means right eye, but the prescrition already had a route to administer, which is PO. The only missing part is the time to administer the drug.

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Specializes in ICU/PCU/Infusion.

definitely an abbreviation no longer usable. QOD means once every other day.

QD meant each day.

Btw, I always remembered the OD for eyedrops as D for dominant (as in eye or handedness). And OS for S for southpaw or left handedness.

just a helpful suggestion for memory. ;)

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Btw, I always remembered the OD for eyedrops as D for dominant (as in eye or handedness). And OS for S for southpaw or left handedness.

just a helpful suggestion for memory. ;)

Funny, I still use my memory trick . . .the husband and wife team of "D"on and "S"usan . . .Don is the right (conservative) and Susan is the left (liberal).

Btw, did I mention that Don and Susan divorced? ;)

steph

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o.d. = Once Daily

Often mistaken with QOD "every other day", OD "right eye" = Leading to Oral Medication administered in the eye

However meaning recently changed to = Used Daily

If you look up Lasik, it is a pill, not a liquid. There should even be any mention of eye or anything suggesting near to it. And Lasik is used to treat fluid retention (edema).

and for anybody that says that it is an abbreviation no longer used, please get an update. It is a WIDELY used abbreviation.

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