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Tablespoon
tbsp
Teaspoon
Tsp/tsp
Capsules
Cap/cap
Tablet
Tab/tab
Every eight (8) hours
q8
Every four (4) to six (6) hours
q 4-6 h
Every Eight (8) hours
q8h
Every four (4) hours
q4h
Every Other Day
qod
four (4) times a day
qid
Three (3) times a day
tid
Twice a day
bid
Everyday/ daily
qd
Milliequivalent use as Mg or g
mEq
y/ is script for teaspoon
teaspoon "y" is short code in/on computer
aa
of each
po
by mouth
prn
as needed
c or c with a line over it
with
ac
before meals
pc
after meals
pr
rectal
pv
vaginal
UAI
unwrap and Insert
SL/sl
sublingual
place one tablet under your tongue
AD/ad
right ear
AS/as
left ear
AU/Au/au
both ears
OD
Right eye
OS/OS/os
Left eye
Ou/Ou/ou
Both eyes
hs/qhs
Bed time
qs
Quantity sufficient
gtts
drops
IV/Iv/iv
intravenous
Im
Intramuscular
SQ/Sq/sq/SC/SC/sc/subQ/subq
subcutaneous
AAA
Applied to Affected Area
SX/Sx/sx
Symptoms
Hx
History
Dx
Diagnosis
TX/Tx/tx
Treatment
Rx; Rx; rx
prescription
ASA
Aspirin
ECASA/ ECasa/ecasa
Enteric coated Aspirin
NSAID/ nsaid
Non
Steroidal
Anti
Inflammatory
Drug
APAP/ apap
Acetaminophen. Tylenol
PCN/ pcn
Penicillin
as a drug class this has the most people sensitive to it
TCN/ tcn
Tetracycline
SWFI
Sterile
Water
for
Injection
D5W
Dextrose
5%
in Water (H2O)
Ns
Normal Saline
0.9% NaCl
Normal Saline
9% Sodium Chloride
Uad/ ut dict
Use as directed
ss/ ss with a line over it
half of
Stat/ stat
@ once/ NOW/ immediately
UNG/ ung
Ointment/ salve/ balm
G/ Gm/ gm
gram
Imperial gallon
four (4) more pints to a US gallon
4000mg
4gm
1gm
1000 milligrams
1ml
1 gram of water
tsp
5ml
tbsp
15ml
fl. oz
30ml
oz
30gm in an ounce
1lb
454 gram
gr
grain
60 to 65mg/ grain
kg
When used with patients weight
2.2 lbs.
5gr ASA
325mg ASA/ asa
I
V
X
L
C
D
M
1
5
10
50
100
500
1000
Roman Numeral
No more Than four (4) symbols together
eg. MM/ CM/ LXVIII
2000/900/ 68
gallon
3785 ml
pint
473ml or
480ml/ pint
Temp. Conversion
5F= 9C+160
Author
drod
ID
23038
Card Set
RX1 1st week
Description
Vocab week 1
Updated
2010-06-10T22:45:18Z
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