MSO4
Morphine sulfate
What MSO4 stands for
MSO4 is a medical abbreviation for morphine sulfate. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
Risk
ISMP and Joint Commission list MSO4 as error-prone/prohibited: morphine sulfate may be mistaken as magnesium sulfate.
Safer Alternative
Write "morphine sulfate"
Seen in context
MSO4 confused with MgSO4
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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