Medical Assistant Prep / Unit 6 MAS 132 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Leading Zeros, Never Trailing Zeros
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The idea
Two rules for writing decimals prevent tenfold medication errors.
In practice
Always put a zero before a decimal point, written zero point six, never point six; never put a zero after a whole number, written six, never six point zero.
Where people slip
A missed decimal point turns point six into six, and six point zero into sixty. Write numbers the safe way every time.
Your place on the trail
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