µg: Microgram - do not use

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What µg stands for

µg is a medical abbreviation for microgram. TermDecode files it under measurement abbreviations.

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Risk

ISMP lists µg as error-prone: microgram may be mistaken as mg.

Safer Alternative

Write "mcg"

Seen in context

100 µg misread as 100 mg

Sources

The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.

https://online.ecri.org/hubfs/ISMP/Resources/ISMP_ErrorProneAbbreviation_List.pdf

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