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Medication Line

Attributes

Dose

A medication line: morphine – 2 mg in 10 mL – solution for injection – DOSE 2 mg – intravenous – once only, with 'morphine' and '2 mg' in bold

MEDi-007

Provide a text label that reads 'DOSE' before a dose

Mandatory

MEDi-038

Display the dose amount and units in bold

Mandatory

A medication line: sodium chloride 0.9% – infusion – VOLUME 1,000 mL – 40 mL per hour – over 12 hours – intravenous – once only

MEDi-039

When a dose is expressed as a volume, display the volume amount in bold

Mandatory

MEDi-040

When there is no dose or volume, display a dose equivalent in place of the dose and subject to the same guidance points as a dose. Precede with an appropriate text label

Mandatory

Diagram of a dose: 'DOSE 5,000 units', with an arrow pointing to the space between '5,000' and 'units'

MEDi-041

Separate the dose amount from the dose units with a space

Mandatory

A medication line: INFANRIX-IPV Vaccine – suspension for injection [new line] DOSE 0.5 mL – oral – every 6 hours

MEDi-042

Do not put a trailing zero after a sub-decimal value when displaying a dose amount (that is, '0.5' is correct but '0.50' is incorrect)

Mandatory

A medication line: 'INFANRIX-IPV Vaccine – suspension for injection [new line] DOSE 0.5 mL – oral – every 6 hours' with a callout labelled 'leading zero' indicating the zero in '0.5'

MEDi-043

Put a leading zero before a decimal point for values of less than one when displaying a dose value

Mandatory

Diagram of a dose 'DOSE 5,000' with an arrow pointing to the comma after the '5'

MEDi-044

Use a comma to break up numeric values of one thousand and above when displaying a dose value

Mandatory