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Medical Abbreviations

6 Nov, 07 | by Ian Wacogne

In a review of 25 sheets used in handover of patients, 2286 abbreviations were used, many of which were non-standard, were not found in standard medical dictionaries, and were misunderstood by the doctors for which they were intended. Here.

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