The Medical “Do Not Use” Acronym List

Joint Commission Abbreviations Not Used

By Staff ReportersHDS

In May 2005, The Joint Commission first affirmed its “do not use” list of abbreviations. The list was originally created in 2004 by The Joint Commission as part of the requirements for meeting National Patient Safety Goal Requirement 2B [Standardize a list of abbreviations, acronyms and symbols that are not to be used throughout the organization].

Link: http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/DoNotUseList/

Official List [Updated 3/5/09] 

Link: http://www.jointcommission.org/NR/rdonlyres/2329F8F5-6EC5-4E21-B932-54B2B7D53F00/0/dnu_list.pdf

Assessment

In the era of twitter and other text messaging abbreviations, the list is similar to “never-events” and related conditions frequently discussed on this ME-P.

More info:  https://healthcarefinancials.wordpress.com/2008/01/16/never-event-payment-trend-continues/

Conclusion

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