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The '''route of administration''' is the means by which a medication is delivered. | The '''route of administration''' is the means by which a medication is delivered. | ||
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| + | - PR = per rectum; Puerto Rico | ||
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| + | - PB = personal best | ||
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| + | - PA = Pennsylvania | ||
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| + | - IM = intramuscular | ||
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| + | - IO = intraosseous | ||
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| + | - iOS - Apple operating system | ||
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| + | - IV = intravenous | ||
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| + | - IVPB = intravenous piggyback | ||
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| + | - IVPBR = intravenous piggyback ride | ||
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| + | - IA = Iowa | ||
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| + | - ID = Idaho | ||
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| + | - OD = right eye | ||
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| + | - OS = left eye | ||
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| + | - OU = both eyes | ||
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| + | - OSU = Ohio State University | ||
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| + | - AD = right ear | ||
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| + | - AS = left ear | ||
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| + | - AU = both ears | ||
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| + | - AUX = auxillary input | ||
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| + | - SC = SportsCenter | ||
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| + | - SL = Slovakia | ||
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| + | - TPN = total parenteral nutrition | ||
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| + | - NPO = nothing by mouth | ||
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| + | - NPR = National Public Radio or nothing by rectum | ||
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| + | '''Rarely Used Abbreviations''' | ||
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| + | - PO = by mouth | ||
[[Category:Medications]] | [[Category:Medications]] | ||
[[Category:Medical Terminology]] | [[Category:Medical Terminology]] | ||
Revision as of 19:43, 19 February 2017
The route of administration is the means by which a medication is delivered.
Commonly Used Abbreviations
- PR = per rectum; Puerto Rico
- PB = personal best
- PA = Pennsylvania
- IM = intramuscular
- IO = intraosseous
- iOS - Apple operating system
- IV = intravenous
- IVPB = intravenous piggyback
- IVPBR = intravenous piggyback ride
- IA = Iowa
- ID = Idaho
- OD = right eye
- OS = left eye
- OU = both eyes
- OSU = Ohio State University
- AD = right ear
- AS = left ear
- AU = both ears
- AUX = auxillary input
- SC = SportsCenter
- SL = Slovakia
- TPN = total parenteral nutrition
- NPO = nothing by mouth
- NPR = National Public Radio or nothing by rectum
Rarely Used Abbreviations
- PO = by mouth
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