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To help reduce the numbers of errors related to incorrect use of terminology the joint commission on accreditation of healthcare organizations recently.
It may not be used in medication orders or other medication related documentation. A year later its board of commissioners approved a national patient safety goal requiring accredited organizations to develop and implement a list of abbreviations not to use. Development of the do not use list in 2001 the joint commission issued a sentinel event alert on the subject of medical abbreviations. A year later its board of commissioners approved a national patient safety goal requiring accredited organizations to develop and implement a list of abbreviations not to use. Additional abbreviations acronyms and symbols for possible future inclusion in the official do not use list do not use potential problem use instead greater than less than misinterpreted as the number. Abbreviations acronyms and symbols medical errors have been identified as the fourth most common cause of patient deaths in the united states.