yes it is! you � ist not available use u! ----- Original Message ----- From: "M R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 2:35 PM Subject: [USMA:20157] Fwd: RE: metric in hospitals
> Today I saw 'mcg' in Tablet supplement table and > 'mcg' stands for microgram. > 'mg' is represented correctly for milligram. > > Is the greek symbol mu accepted as worldwide prefix > for micro. > > Madan > > > --- Michael D Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 22:24:15 +0000 > > Subject: [USMA:20155] RE: metric in hospitals > > From: Michael D Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > After numerous letters to both Safeway and Giant > > (grocery stores in the > > Washington DC area) plus a letter to the company I > > found was responsible > > for the software, I've noticed that prescription > > labels in my area now > > have the correct symbols for milligram, mg instead > > of the previous MG. > > Another drip. Anyone notice whether this is now > > nationwide? > > > > Michael Payne > > Corporate Pilot > > Potomac Falls Virginia > > > > On Fri, 10 May 2002 15:26:00 -0600 Jim Elwell > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > writes: > > > At 09:42 PM 5/10/2002 +0100, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >How far has the metric system penetrated > > medicine? > > > >Drug labels? > > > >Dose instructions to patients? > > > >Are all American pharmacists fully metricated by > > law? What about > > > >doctors? It would be bizarre to mix systems. > > > > > > I don't know enough about the medical system in > > the USA to answer > > > this > > > fully. I can say that the drugs I've had exposure > > to (well, at least > > > the > > > legal ones...) seem to be largely metricated > > (dosages in milligrams > > > and > > > milliliters), but that is a very small sampling. > > > > > > > > > Jim Elwell > > > Electrical Engineer > > > Industrial manufacturing manager > > > Salt Lake City, Utah, USA > > > www.qsicorp.com > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for > > less! > > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience > http://launch.yahoo.com >
