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Administration routes
Administration Routes
Abbreviations	Term	Abbreviations	Term
a.d. or A.D.	Right ear	AP	anteroposterior
a.s. or A.S.	Left ear	a.u. or AU	each ear or both ears
GT	gastrostomy tube	H	hypodermic
HHN	Hand held nebulizer	I	in halation
I.D.	Intradermal route	I.M. or IM	Intramuscular route
I.T.	Intrathecal route	I.V. or IV	Intravenous route
IVSP	Intravenous push	IVPB	Intravenous piggyback
NGT or NG	Nasogastric tube	od or O.D.	Right eye
os or O.S.	Left eye	ou or O.U.	Each eye or both eyes
po, P.O. or PO	By mouth	P.R. or PR	By rectum
S.C., SQ,subq	Subcutaneous route	SL or s.l.	Sublingual route
S & S	Swish and swallow	T	topical
TPN	total pearenteral nutrition	V or P.V.	Vaginal route
Administration times
Administration Times
Abbreviations	Term	Abbreviations	Term
a.c.	before meals	ad lib	as desired
ASAP	As soon as possible	b.i.d.	twice a day
KVO	keep vein open (IV open)	q	every
q AM	Every morning	qd, od	Every day, once a day
qh or q1h	every hour	q2h	every 2 hours
q3h	every 3 hours	q4h	every 4 hours
q6h	every 6 hours	q8h	every 8 hours
q9h	every 9 hours	q12h	every 12 hours
q.i.d	four times a day	q.o.d. or QOD	Every other day
h.s. or HS	At bedtime (hour of sleep)	MR x	May repeat (x) times
p.c. or p.c	after meal	prn	as needed, when necessary
t.i.d.	three times a day	stat or STAT	Immediately!

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