Question

a pharmacy technician is filling a prescription for a patient and is checking the patient label against the hard - copy prescription. the prescription has the following handwritten instructions: 1 tab po qod. to prevent a medication error, how should this prescription have been written? 1 tab po daily 1 tab po twice daily 1 tab po every other day 1 tab po four times daily

Explanation:

The abbreviation "qod" is error - prone as it can be misread as "qd" (daily). To prevent medication errors, it is better to write out "every other day" explicitly.

Answer:

1 tab po every other day