Clarify Ambiguous Abbreviations

February 2025

Thousands of medical errors are due to abbreviations.

Recently, the abbreviation “CAB” was used to order cabotegravir for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). But the patient got Cabenuva instead...which is for active HIV infection, NOT prevention.

Use these rules of thumb to play it safe with abbreviations.

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Clarify Ambiguous Abbreviations

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