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    The document discusses the importance of avoiding ambiguous medical abbreviations and symbols when prescribing doses to prevent mistakes. It questions whether a dose is intended to be 5 mg or 0.5 mg, as certain abbreviations can be misread. It provides websites for tools and information to help promote safe practices and reduce medical errors related to dosing ambiguities.

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    The document discusses the importance of avoiding ambiguous medical abbreviations and symbols when prescribing doses to prevent mistakes. It questions whether a dose is intended to be 5 mg or 0.5 mg, as certain abbreviations can be misread. It provides websites for tools and information to help promote safe practices and reduce medical errors related to dosing ambiguities.

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    The document discusses the importance of avoiding ambiguous medical abbreviations and symbols when prescribing doses to prevent mistakes. It questions whether a dose is intended to be 5 mg or 0.5 mg, as certain abbreviations can be misread. It provides websites for tools and information to help promote safe practices and reduce medical errors related to dosing ambiguities.

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    Is the intended dose 5 mg or 0.5 mg?

    Some medical abbreviations, symbols and dose designations should not be used. They are oftenmisread and lead to serious mistakes.

    For more information and tools that can help you promote safe practices, visit www.ismp.org/tools/abbreviations or www.fda.gov/cder/drug/MedErrors
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