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10/20/2025, 05:24 am
"Do Not Use" Order Errors
University Medical Center
1       of 1 total
Austin Ames
Caucasian
M
38
68 in
175 lbs
33432
10/20/2025
Zolpidem 5 mg tablet
1 to 1 ss po at bedtime
Vitamin E 400 units capsule
400 IU po daily
Vitamin D 5,000 units capsule
5,000 units po TIW
Folic Acid 1 mg tablet
1 po @ 8:00 AM
MTX 10 mg tablet
1 po once weekly
Carolyn Abman MD
10/20/2025
Serum Creatinine (Scr): 0.9 mg/dL
NKDA
1315 W. 12th Street
555-1217
Use JCAHO and/or ISMP lists of banned abbreviations. For each order, please document the following:
  1. What is the "do not use" or banned abbreviation?
     
  2. What is the "potential problem" using this abbreviation?
     
  3. What should be "used instead?"