Clarify Ambiguous Abbreviations
February 2025
Thousands of medical errors are due to abbreviations.
Recently, the abbreviation “CAB” was used to order cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). But the patient got Cabenuva instead...which is for active HIV infection, NOT prevention.
Use these rules of thumb to play it safe with abbreviations.
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