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Medication Line

Format and Layout

Text Labels

Diagram of a dose: 'DOSE 5,000 units', with callouts labelling 'DOSE' as 'label' and '5,000 units' as 'value'

MEDi-009

Use a different font and colour to differentiate labels from values

Mandatory

A medication line: co-amoxiclav – 400 mg and 57 mg in 5 mL – suspension – oral – DOSE 1.2 mL – every 12 hours

MEDi-029

When a medication is represented as a single-text sentence, use a label for dose only

Mandatory

MEDi-030

When a medication is represented as a series of lines with hard line breaks, labels should appear at the beginning of a new line after a hard line break

Mandatory

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

MEDi-031

Use a space to separate a label from a value

Mandatory

MEDi-032

Do not use a colon after a label

Mandatory

Diagram of a medication line: 'olmesartan – tablet [new line] DOSE 10 mg [new line] ROUTE oral [new line] FREQUENCY once a day' with an arrow labelled 'uppercase' pointing to the label 'FREQUENCY'

MEDi-033

Display labels in uppercase

Recommended

A medication line: co-amoxiclav – 400 mg and 57 mg in 5 mL – suspension – oral – DOSE 1.2 mL – every 12 hours

MEDi-034

Keep the number of text labels in a medication represented as a single-text sentence to a minimum

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