The following table lists all of the guidance points in order.
Click on a guidance ID to find it in the guide.
| ID |
Guideline |
Compliance |
| MEDi-001 |
Display generic drug names in bold
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-002 |
Display generic drug names in lowercase (capital letters may still
be used for acronyms and abbreviations in some drug names such as
amphotericin B, factor VIII, carbomer 974P)
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-003 |
Display drug brand names in uppercase
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-007 |
Provide a text label that reads 'DOSE' before a dose
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-008 |
Do not allow wrapping to separate a label from a value
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-009 |
Use a different font and colour to differentiate labels from values
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-010 |
When wrapping the text of a medication line, do so
without breaking up the contents of a single attribute
unless that single attribute will not fit on one line
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-011 |
When wrapping the text of a medication line, keep
trailing delimiters with the preceding attribute
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-012 |
If necessary, wrap but do not truncate
medication line information
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-013 |
Where both the generic name and the brand name appear in a
medication line, list the generic name first
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-014 |
Where possible, avoid the need for decimal points
by changing the units without breaking convention
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-015 |
Do not put a trailing zero after a sub-decimal value
(that is, '0.5' is correct but '0.50'
is incorrect)
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-016 |
Put a leading zero before a decimal point for values of less than one
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-017 |
Use a comma to break up numeric values of one thousand and above
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-018 |
When combining attributes in a text string,
use a long dash (em dash) surrounded by spaces
between the attributes
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-019 |
Use a double space instead of a long dash or
separator between a drug name and strength
when there are multiple drug names in one medication line
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-020 |
Use a double space instead of a long dash or
separator between a drug name and strength when
the strength is expressed as a percentage
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-021 |
If a long drug name exceeds the available screen space
and has to be wrapped, ensure that the drug name is wrapped
between words
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-022 |
Do not abbreviate drug names
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-023 |
Use long form names rather than abbreviations where possible
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-024 |
Do not put a full stop after abbreviations
for units (for example mg and mL)
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-025 |
Do not truncate drug names
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-026 |
Do not use symbols that may be confused with numbers
or otherwise misinterpreted, including @ | < >
/ \ & ° (at sign, vertical bar, greater than bracket,
less than bracket, forward slash, backslash, ampersand, degree)
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-027 |
Use the '+' (plus symbol) only for multiple drug name
medications and surround it with spaces. When a '+'
is displayed adjacent to a '4', separate the two with a
double space
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-028 |
Use alternatives such as a dash or black dot (•)
instead of brackets and separators such as ( ) [ ] { }
that look like the number one
|
Mandatory |
| 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 |
| MEDi-031 |
Use a space to separate a label from a value
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-032 |
Do not use a colon after a label
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-033 |
Display labels in uppercase
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-034 |
Keep the number of text labels in a medication represented
as a single-text sentence to a minimum
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-035 |
When using hard line breaks at set points (such as before
a dose), do not use a long dash at the end of a previous line
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-036 |
When displaying a medication as one or many lines of text,
preserve white space between the lines by ensuring that the
line height is no less than 120% (120% leading) and
no greater than 140% (140% leading)
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-037 |
When displaying a list of medications, ensure that there is a space
equivalent to at least one line height of 100% between the last line
of one medication line and the first line of the medication line below
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-038 |
Display the dose amount and units in bold
|
Mandatory |
| 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 |
| MEDi-041 |
Separate the dose amount from the dose units with a space
|
Mandatory |
| 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 |
| MEDi-043 |
Put a leading zero before a decimal point for
values of less than one when displaying a dose value
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-044 |
Use a comma to break up numeric values of one
thousand and above when displaying a dose value
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-045 |
When describing strengths with an active ingredient in a fluid,
use 'in' rather than a forward slash ( '/' )
before the fluid quantity
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-046 |
When describing strengths of an ingredient in a single unit of
fluid, use the word 'per' to describe the unit of fluid
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-047 |
When describing a strength for a combination drug whose two strength
values use the same unit (such as mg), use the word 'and'
in a smaller font to join the two strength values and display the
units after the second strength value
|
Mandatory |
| MEDi-048 |
Do not put a trailing zero after a decimal point when displaying
numbers in a strength value
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-049 |
Put a leading zero before a decimal point for values of less
than one when displaying numbers in a strength value
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-050 |
Use a comma to break up numeric values of one thousand and
above when displaying numbers in a strength value
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-051 |
When describing a medication as a line of text, adhere to the following
order for the display of the medication attributes: drug name, brand
name, strength, form, dose or volume, rate, dose duration, route, frequency
(as applicable)
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-052 |
When designing for specific contexts, especially those that need additional text
labels and line breaks, display drug name first and display other attributes (in
a different order if necessary) from the one defined above
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-053 |
When a medication is not displayed as a single line of text and the attributes
of a medication are listed in a different order, use text labels for as many
of these attributes as possible: strength, form, route and frequency
|
Recommended |
| MEDi-054 |
Do not display a part of the medication line alone if
its meaning relies on other parts that are not displayed
|
Mandatory |