Frequency
Q.D.
Once daily
What Q.D. stands for
Q.D. is a medical abbreviation for once daily - written out in full as “Quaque die (every day)”. TermDecode files it under frequency abbreviations.
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Risk
Period after Q can be mistaken for "I", reading as QID
Safer Alternative
Write "daily"
Seen in context
Q.D. misread as QID
Sources
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