Which prescription below is not consistent with the standards established by The Joint Commission?
a. Administer Lasix 20 mg PO daily at 1000.
b. Administer Lasix 10.0 mg PO daily at 1000.
c. Administer digoxin 10 mg PO daily at 1000.
d. Administer digoxin 0.3 mg IV daily at 1000.
B
The Joint Commission recommends that certain words are written out instead of using symbols and abbreviations to minimize the risk of medication errors. The trailing zero should not be used in medication prescriptions; thus, 10.0 mg is incorrect. It should be correctly written as 10 mg. The word daily should be used in place of qd or q.d., as is done in all the options. The Joint Commission does not support the lack of a leading zero; thus, 0.3 mg is correctly written.
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