Common Errors with Weights & Measures - Video Lesson

Hey, everybody. Welcome to today's lesson, which discusses common errors involving weights and measures that are encountered in health care settings and examine their potential impact on patient care. The way we record and communicate measurements can significantly influence clinical outcomes. Although many of these errors may seem trivial, they can cause significant harm. Records need to be consistent with best practices and avoid the following errors. A, trailing zero after decimal point. The use of a trailing zero after a decimal point can cause a dosage to be misinterpreted by an order of magnitude. For instance, the instruction to administer five point zero milligrams instead of just writing five milligrams may lead a hurried health care provider to administer fifty milligrams, risking a patient's health. The point zero or trailing zero is unnecessary. Consider the case where a physician prescribes one point zero milligrams of morphine.