IV vanc
Intravenous vancomycin
What IV vanc stands for
IV vanc is a medical abbreviation for intravenous vancomycin. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
Risk
ISMP lists IV vanc as error-prone: intravenous vancomycin may be mistaken as Invanz.
Safer Alternative
Write "intravenous vancomycin"
Seen in context
IV vanc mistaken as Invanz
Sources
The risk description and safer alternative above are reproduced from these published lists.
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