International Units are defined by the WHO (World Health Organisation) - See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_unit.
_____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ezra Steinberg Sent: 07 January 2008 07:44 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:40008] Re: More info on misreading of drug doses in the UK 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 <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric <mailto:[email protected]> Association Cc: U.S. Metric <mailto:[email protected]> 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 --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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
