What James Frysinger's posting is saying is that the JCAHO is recommending that �g or ug not be used as it may be read as mg. Somehow I doubt that mcg will prevent this type of error.
It seems like the Americans are attacking the symptom and not the core of the problem. That is ignorance in recognizing and comprehending proper symbols. How many Americans, of those taught SI in school, are taught to recognize and use proper symbols? Sloppy education is the reason for the errors, not the symbols themselves. One must also ask, how prevalent are these errors in hospitals in metric countries? The Americans seem to be making a lot of foolish mistakes lately. And this is one of them. Euric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Terry Simpson Sent: Monday, 2003-11-24 07:33 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:27658] RE: Fwd: [Fwd: JCAHO "Do Not Use" List: Abbreviations, Acronyms and Symbols] > Of James Frysinger > �g > (for microgram) Mistaken for mg (milligrams) resulting in one > thousand-fold dosing overdose Write "mcg" I asked a British doctor about this. She said they write �g --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 2003-11-21 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.543 / Virus Database: 337 - Release Date: 2003-11-21
