SSI
Sliding scale insulin
What SSI stands for
SSI is a medical abbreviation for sliding scale insulin. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
Risk
ISMP flags SSI as error-prone: sliding scale insulin may be mistaken as Strong Solution of Iodine (Lugol's), and SSRI/SSI may also be confused.
Safer Alternative
Write "sliding scale insulin"
Seen in context
SSI misread as SSRI
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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