Problems with abbreviations in the medical field?!
Question:
Problems with abbreviations in the medical field?
I need to know what problems occur in the use of abbreviations in the medical field?
Answers:
There can be many problems associated with abbreviations in the medical field. The problem is not the abbreviation it is the person writing the abbreviation. If there writing is rather sloppy and hard to understand then the abbreviation may also be misunderstood.
For example- od which is right eye could very well resemble qd which is every day