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Rx for a better prescription. Hospital bans doctors from using confusing medical abbreviations.
Hall J. The Free Lance-Star. September 25, 2005.

This article presents one hospital’s program to reduce the use of dangerous abbreviations. The hospital reports a significant reduction in inappropriate abbreviation use since launching their initiative.
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