Dear Paul and All,
This note is additional to my previous message.
on 07.01.2001 07.21, Paul Trusten at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> A few (VERY few) prescribers write ALL of their prescriptions in grams,
> i.e., if there is a 1 mg dose, the order is written as 0|001, and 25 mcg
> is written as 0|000|025. This would be a good safeguard if everybody did
> it as a standard notation, but few do it, and it probably raises more
> questions than it answers when it appears.
Another approach would be to encourage the use of a practice where you are
restricted to the numbers between 1 and 1000 inclusive. If you go outside
this range you will be required to change your prefix.
Examples:
Write 234 mg and not 0.234 g
Write 1.234 g and not 1234 mg
Using this convention a leading zero would not be required so that problem
disappears.
Cheers,
Pat Naughtin CAMS
Geelong, Australia
