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ab·bre·vi·ate
/ əˈbrēvēˌāt/
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v. [tr.]
shorten (a word, phrase, or text):
the business of artists and repertory, commonly abbreviated to A&R.
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Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.(Continuing Cursing Education Series)
Magazine article from: Pediatric Nursing; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...continues. Abbreviations and Acronyms The term abbreviation is derived...Scribal Abbreviations, 2006...used the abbreviation in classification...the use of abbreviation and acronyms...the case of abbreviations, they have...
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Abbreviations and acronyms in healthcare: when shorter isn't sweeter.
Newspaper article from: Nevada RNformation; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...practice may misinterpret abbreviations commonly used in one medical...specialty. "Look-alike" abbreviations have caused serious errors...issued a "do not use" abbreviation list and mandated institutions...develop a standardized list of abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols...
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Abbreviations pose threat to patient safety.(PATIENT SAFETY NEWS)
Magazine article from: Dermatology Nursing; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...events and that abbreviation use hinders...error-prone abbreviations as preventable...cases in which abbreviations were identified...the exact abbreviation was unidentified...the case of abbreviations, which abbreviation), the contributing...
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Avoiding abbreviations can improve patient safety.(Editorial)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 11/1/2007; 700+ words
; ...most common abbreviation resulting in...other common abbreviations resulting in...resulting from abbreviations, the exact abbreviation involved was...the specific abbreviation in errors involving abbreviations; * contributing...
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Abbreviation troubles.(Online Law)
Magazine article from: LawNow; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Carswell, Current) Abbreviations that appear in...that fit that abbreviation. When square...have lists for abbreviation decoding. Good...Index to Legal Abbreviations" is an excellent...part or all of an abbreviation. It is available...one website for abbreviations, this would be...
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Using appropriate abbreviations in perioperative documentation.(CLINICAL ISSUES)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...inclusive but does target abbreviations that may be misinterpreted...zero instead of an abbreviation for the word "unit...most commonly used abbreviations, MS[O.sub.4...were caused by the abbreviation "qd" for "once...do-not-use" abbreviations is available on the...
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Sharpen your pencils; abbreviations are disappearing.
Newspaper article from: Hospice Management Advisor; 4/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...ng Sharpen your pencils; abbreviations are disappearing Old habits...any other commonly used abbreviations that might be misinterpreted...audits to identify any other abbreviations that should be included...reviewing a chart, noticing an abbreviation that should not be used...
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Best practices for abbreviation use.(Patient Safety First)
Magazine article from: AORN Journal; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...not be used are abbreviations that can be ambiguous...errors. The first abbreviation on the do-not...confusion, the abbreviation should be written...The third set of abbreviations on the JCAHO do...inconsistently used abbreviations are used to indicate...subcutaneous." The ...
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Stemming drug errors from abbreviations
Magazine article from: Drug Topics; 7/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...however, that typed abbreviations are prone to misinter...an Rx with the abbreviation MTX has been interpreted...which is the abbreviation used for the chemotherapy...Latin apothecary abbreviations are also prone...because the abbreviation ug can easily...overdose. If abbreviations ...
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Preventing errors by eliminating mistake-prone abbreviations.(From the Editor)(Editorial)
Magazine article from: Nephrology Nursing Journal; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...as the list of additional abbreviations, acronyms, and symbols...recent study, The Impact of Abbreviations in Patient Safety, examined...and impact of medication abbreviation errors (Brunetti, Santell...medication errors attributable to abbreviations. The most frequent error...
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ABBREVIATION
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...Although present-day abbreviation in English descends...Nature Although abbreviations usually need to be...writing and printing abbreviations: (1) Capital letters...are three types of abbreviation: (1) Letter-based...function: symbolic abbreviations serve as formulas...
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abbreviation
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet
abbreviation The Web and the Internet float on a flood of abbreviations. They are often used to save time when posting to a NEWSGROUP or writing an EMAIL . This dictionary contains most of the common abbreviations used in such forums: see, for example, AFAIK and BBL .
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abbreviations
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
abbreviations. Signs whereby writing-out of phrases or groups of notes may be abbreviated. For example, continued repetition of a note is...
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ACRONYM
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language
...Also protogram . An ABBREVIATION formed from the first...term is restricted to abbreviations that are pronounced...for both kinds of abbreviation to be lumped together...Dictionary of Acronyms and Abbreviations ( Udo O. H. Jung...speeches, evidently an abbreviation of phrases with which...
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R
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
R. 1. Abbreviation for right, e.g. R.H., right hand, in pf. mus. 2. Abbreviation for Responsorium in church mus. (Gregorian chant). 3. Abbreviation for ripieno in early orch. mus. 4. Abbreviation for clavier de ré...
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