Remek,
Since IU means "International Unit", can you (or someone else) tell us who is
responsible for defining an IU?
That would (I presume) be the body that needs to be persuaded to switch to SI
instead.
Ezra
----- Original Message -----
From: Remek Kocz
To: U.S. Metric Association
Cc: U.S. Metric Association
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 8:39 PM
Subject: [USMA:40007] Re: More info on misreading of drug doses in the UK
This is as good a time as any to make my announcement. I've been attending
medical school since August of 2007, so I'll be able to comment from time to
time on the state of SI within medicine.
We are just starting the new semester, and first order of business is
hematology, with some focus on laboratory medicine. There looks to be a move
from "conventional" units to SI units (conventional being the old xx/dL
values); however, IU's are still used even with the SI terms. For instance, a
conversion table shows that 24 IU/dL is 240 IU/L, etc.
Remek
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> I didn't know doctors were still prescribing in IUs (see article below).
>
> An excellent reason (as Paul has pointed out in the past) for
standardizing on SI.
>
> Ezra
