Medical Terminology / Unit 15 MedTerm 0968 short lesson, about 20 seconds
QD and QOD Confused
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The idea
The abbreviations QD and QOD, for daily and every other day, are error-prone because the O can be lost or the Q read as an I.
In practice
The recommendation is that daily and every other day are written out in full.
Where people slip
These two abbreviations differ by one letter and name different frequencies.
Your place on the trail
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