AFFILIATE ORIENTATION MANUAL Orders shall contain only abbreviations that have been approved by the medical staff. A list of these abbreviations is available on the Cone Connects policy and procedure site. DO NOT USE Abbreviations Certain abbreviations have been identified as being particularly dangerous and these have been placed on an UNSAFE list. The UNSAFE list is reviewed periodically and updated as needed to reflect requirements from regulatory agencies or sentinel events that are reported to the Institute for Safe Medicine Practice or The Joint Commission. UNSAFE LIST of Abbreviations Dangerous Prescribing Practices: Unsafe Abbreviations DO USE Units Daily International Units Every Other Day 0.1 mg 0.1 mg or 1 mg Morphine Sulfate Morphine Sulfate Magnesium Sulfate DO NOT USE U or u Q.D., QD, q.d., or qd IU Q.O.D., QOD, q.o.d., or qod .1 mg .10 mg or 1.0 mg MS MSO4 MgSO4 REASON Mistaken as “0,” “4,” or “cc.” Mistaken for Q.O.D. The period after the Q can be mistaken for an “i.” Mistaken for IV and 10. Mistaken for Q.D. The period after the Q can be mistaken for an “I” and the O can be mistaken for “0.” No leading zero results in easily missed decimal point (i.e., 10 times the intended dose). Trailing zero results in easily missed decimal point (i.e., 10 – 100 times the intended dose. Mistaken for MSO4 and MgSO4 Mistaken for MS and MgSO4 Mistaken for MS and MSO4 25