What q1d stands for

q1d is a medical abbreviation for daily. TermDecode files it under frequency abbreviations.

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Risk

ISMP lists q1d as error-prone: daily may be mistaken as qid (four times daily).

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Write "daily"

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q1d misread as qid

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