MS
Ambiguous: morphine sulfate OR magnesium sulfate
What MS stands for
MS is a medical abbreviation for ambiguous: morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate - written out in full as “Morphine sulfate or magnesium sulfate”. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations, and it is one of 2 recorded meanings for the same letters.
MS also stands for
The same letters carry more than one meaning. Which one applies depends entirely on the context it is written in.
Risk
ISMP and Joint Commission list MS as error-prone/prohibited: morphine sulfate may be mistaken as magnesium sulfate.
Safer Alternative
Write "morphine sulfate" or "magnesium sulfate" in full
Seen in context
MS order given as magnesium sulfate instead of morphine
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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