ROUTE ABBREVIATIONS

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Front Back
Right ear aures dextra
RIGHT EAR DO NOT USE AD
Left ear aures laeva
LEFT EAR DO NOT USE AL
Each ear aures utrae
EACH EAR DO NOT USE AU
HHN
HAND-HELD NEBULIZER Medication in placed in a device that produces a fine spray for inhalation.
IM
ITRAMUSCULARLY The injection is given at a 90 degree angle into a muscle.
IV
INTRAVENOUSLY The injection is given into a vein.
IVP
INTRAVENOUS PUSH Medication is injected directly in a vein.
IVPB
INTRAVENOUS PIGGYBACK Medication prepared in a small volume of fluid is attached to an IV (which is already infusing fluid into a patient's vein) at specified times.
MDI
METERED-DOSE INHALER An aerosol device delivers medication by inhalation.
NEB
NEBULIZER Medication is placed in a device that produces a fine spray for inhalations.
NGT (ng)
NASOGASTRIC TUBE Medication is placed in the somach through a tube in the nose.
In the right eye oculus dextra
IN THE RIGHT EYE DO NOT USE OD
In the left eye oculus sinister
IN THE LEFT EYE DO NOT USE OS
In both eyes oculi utrique
IN BOTH EYES DO NOT USE OU
Po (PO) per os
BY MOUTH