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  2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  3. at bedtime or half strength quaque hora somni ii two tablets duos doses iii three tablets trēs doses n.p.o., npo, NPO nothing by mouth / not by oral administration: nil per os o.d., od, OD right eye. once a day (United Kingdom) oculus dexter omne in die o.s., os, OS left eye: oculus sinister o.u., ou, OU both eyes: oculus uterque p.c. after ...

  4. List of medical abbreviations: Q - Wikipedia

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    every bedtime (from Latin quaque hora somni) q.i.d. four times each day (from Latin quater in die) (not deprecated, but consider using "four times a day" instead. See the do-not-use list) QIDS: Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptoms: q.l. as much as you like (from Latin quantum libet) q.m.t. also qm: every month q.n. every night QNS q.n.s.

  5. QHS - Wikipedia

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    q.h.s., qhs or qHS, Latin for "every night at bedtime", an abbreviation used in medical prescriptions A post-nominal used by the Queen's Honorary Surgeon, a member of the Medical Household , U.K. Other

  6. List of medical abbreviations: H - Wikipedia

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    at bedtime (from Latin hora somni) hs: hours of sleep H→S: heel-to-shin test HSC: human chorionic somatomammotropin (same as human placental lactogen) HSCT: Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation: HSG: hysterosalpingogram: HSIL: high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion: HSM: hepatosplenomegaly: HSP: Henoch–Schönlein purpura: HSV: herpes ...

  7. List of medical abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    Abbreviations of weights and measures are pronounced using the expansion of the unit (mg = "milligram") and chemical symbols using the chemical expansion (NaCl = "sodium chloride"). Some initialisms deriving from Latin may be pronounced either as letters ( qid = "cue eye dee") or using the English expansion ( qid = "four times a day").

  8. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug. A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient.

  9. Acronyms in healthcare - Wikipedia

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    Use of abbreviations, such as those relating to the route of administration or dose of a medication, can be confusing and is the most common source of medication errors. [2] Use of some acronyms has been shown to impact the safety of patients in hospitals, and "do not use lists" have been published at a national level in the US. [4]