We want to hear from you!

ISMP Canada is updating the Canadian Do-Not-Use Dangerous Abbreviations, Symbols and Dose Designations (also known as the Do-Not-Use) List. This list is often used as a reminder to health care workers to avoid using these types of shortcuts when communicating about medications.

Abbreviations, symbols, and short-forms are often used in healthcare to communicate information about medications. The use of these methods of expression may lead to mistakes if the meaning behind the abbreviation is unclear.

We’d like to hear what abbreviations, symbols, short-forms, acronyms, and dose or frequency designations that you would recommend for an updated Canadian Do-Not-Use List.

All questions are optional, but the more information you provide, the better we understand what you think about dangerous abbreviations, symbols, and short-forms and why.

All information will be confidential and will be used to create the newest version of the list.

We would appreciate hearing from you by December 15th, 2024.

For more information or to provide extensive feedback, please contact info@ismpcanada.ca