The use of the Greek letter mu and/or use of the lowercase letter "u" as abbreviations for the unit of measure prefix "micro" is unacceptable from a safety standpoint. - Githubissues

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The use of the Greek letter mu and/or use of the lowercase letter "u" as abbreviations for the unit of measure prefix "micro" is unacceptable from a safety standpoint. #19

Closed timbrisc closed 3 years ago

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

Issue migrated from trac ticket # 191

component: help | priority: major | resolution: wontfix

2016-12-02 22:47:01: dodson created the issue

The use of the Greek letter mu and/or use of the lowercase letter "u" as abbreviations for the unit of measure prefix "micro" is unacceptable from a safety standpoint.

U and u are listed on The Joint Commission's Do Not Use list because they are often confused with unit: https://www.jointcommission.org/facts_about_do_not_use_list/

This is also published on the Institute for Safe Medication Practices website: http://www.ismp.org/tools/errorproneabbreviations.pdf; http://www.ismp.org/tools/abbreviations/

The use of "ug" to mean micrograms is completely unacceptable....all of the unit of measure prefixes for micro should be updated to be "mc" instead. "mcg" as an example for microgram is considered to be an acceptable display.

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2016-12-14 16:07:30: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com changed status from new to reject_proposed

timbrisc commented 7 years ago

2016-12-14 16:07:30: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com commented

I completely disagree with this requirement deduced from the Joint Commission list, since the first day the list came out many years ago. The argument is flimsy. The writing "mc" is completely bogus (as is "cc" by the way.) Fortunately there is no need at all to argue this or update the UCUM standard, because what doctors write on paper or type into text boxes is completely independent of the codes that are being used for computer systems to communicate. So any software used in medicine where this might be considered an issue is free to display to the users what they are accustomed to and best work with.

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-01-15 23:10:48: mitchbre@regenstrief.org changed status from reject_proposed to new

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-01-15 23:11:13: mitchbre@regenstrief.org changed status from new to assigned

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-01-15 23:11:13: mitchbre@regenstrief.org set owner to Gunther Schadow

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-02-16 12:58:30: gschadow@pragmaticdata.com commented

It is really very bad what happened to the ticket status workflow feature here 5 weeks ago after the last board meeting.

I moved to reject and I am waiting for either confirmation of that motion or someone who freshly (but not ignorantly or arguments on both sides already made) state why this should be entertained.

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-02-17 18:29:31: simon.cox@csiro.au commented

THis ticket misunderstand the scope of UCUM. It is for machine-machine communication, not human interfaces (e.g. handwriting).

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-02-19 16:52:07: mitchbre@regenstrief.org changed status from assigned to closed

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-02-19 16:52:07: mitchbre@regenstrief.org set resolution to wontfix

timbrisc commented 3 years ago

2021-02-19 16:52:07: mitchbre@regenstrief.org commented

February 2021 UCUM Board meeting - confirmed this is not a UCUM consideration.

Closing ticket